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outnice

outnice verb: to surpass in apparently nice behaviour; to make oneself seem nicer than.

Verb

outnice (third-person singular simple present outnices, present participle outnicing, simple past and past participle outniced)

  1. (rare, transitive) To surpass in apparently nice behaviour; to make oneself seem nicer than.
    • Still, it was almost as if the battle was to see which of them could outnice the other.2008 February 1, Jeff Zeleny, “One on One in Debate, Democrats Set Aim at G.O.P.”, in New York Times

Forms of outnice

third-person singular presentoutnices
present participleoutnicing
past participleoutniced
pastoutniced

Origin of outnice

From out- + nice.

Questions about outnice

What does outnice mean?
Outnice means to surpass in apparently nice behaviour; to make oneself seem nicer than.
What part of speech is outnice?
Outnice is a verb.
What is the past tense of outnice?
The past tense of outnice is outniced.

Words near outnice in the dictionary

  1. outnerved
  2. outnerves
  3. outnerving
  4. outness
  5. outnesses
  6. outnice
  7. outniced
  8. outnices
  9. outnicing
  10. outnigger
  11. outniggered

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