outsnob
outsnob verb: to surpass in snobbery; to be snobbier than.
Verb
outsnob (third-person singular simple present outsnobs, present participle outsnobbing, simple past and past participle outsnobbed)
- To surpass in snobbery; to be snobbier than.
- Some of these types also outsnobbed British students in looking down at some of their fellow Rhodes Scholars – those who were not from the “good” universities back home or who refused to smooth their rough American edges while in Britain.2010, Thomas J. Schaeper, Kathleen Schaeper, “Yanks and Brits”, in Rhodes Scholars, Oxford, and the Creation of an American Elite, New York, NY: Berghahn Books, →ISBN, page 50
- File the term in this clue — “What a zythophile loves” — under how to outsnob a self-described oenophile when you prefer BEER.2023 May 12, Caitlin Lovinger, “Place for Reactions and Solutions”, in The New York Times
Forms of outsnob
| third-person singular present | outsnobs |
|---|---|
| present participle | outsnobbing |
| past participle | outsnobbed |
| past | outsnobbed |
Origin of outsnob
From out- + snob.
Questions about outsnob
- What does outsnob mean?
- Outsnob means to surpass in snobbery; to be snobbier than.
- What part of speech is outsnob?
- Outsnob is a verb.
- What is the past tense of outsnob?
- The past tense of outsnob is outsnobbed.
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