outvenom

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

out- +‎ venom

Verb[edit]

outvenom (third-person singular simple present outvenoms, present participle outvenoming, simple past and past participle outvenomed)

  1. (transitive) To exceed in venom.
    • 1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [] (First Folio), London: [] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iv]:
      'Tis slander,
      Whose edge is sharper than the sword, whose tongue
      Outvenoms all the worms of Nile.