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outfame

verb

Etymology

From out- + fame.

  1. derived from *bʰéh₂-meh₂✻
  2. derived from fāma — “talk, rumor, report, reputation”
  3. derived from fame — “celebrity, renown”
  4. inherited from fame
  5. prefixed as outfame — “out + fame”

Definitions

  1. To become more famous than, particularly in a competitive sense.

    • ...those two great captains, (whom Alexander sought by all means to outfame,) when they endeavoured to subject unto them the Oxydracae
    • ... and the plebian Robin Hood mated with a simple Marian as his forest-queen was thus destined to outfame the noble but obscure Fitz-Ooth, and the Lady Maude Fitz-Walter.
    • “I can't even.” Kara sniffed. “How the hell did she manage to outfame me?”

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA