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outweird

outweird verb: to be more weird than; to surpass in strangeness.

Verb

outweird (third-person singular simple present outweirds, present participle outweirding, simple past and past participle outweirded)

  1. (transitive) To be more weird than; to surpass in strangeness.
    • "Listen, three eyes," he said, "don't you try to outweird me. I get stranger things than you free with my breakfast cereal."1980 October, Douglas Adams, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, London: Pan Books, →ISBN
    • Meanwhile, Peter Murphy gets all mystic and esoteric, his impenetrable lyrics outweirding the weird efforts of his previous band.2003, Peter Buckley, The Rough Guide to Rock, page 1817

Forms of outweird

third-person singular presentoutweirds
present participleoutweirding
past participleoutweirded
pastoutweirded

Origin of outweird

From out- + weird.

Questions about outweird

What does outweird mean?
Outweird means to be more weird than; to surpass in strangeness.
What part of speech is outweird?
Outweird is a verb.
What is the past tense of outweird?
The past tense of outweird is outweirded.

Words near outweird in the dictionary

  1. outweigh
  2. outweighed
  3. outweighing
  4. outweighs
  5. outweight
  6. outweird
  7. outweirded
  8. outweirding
  9. outweirds
  10. outwell
  11. outwelled

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