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outscold

verb

Etymology

From out- + scold.

  1. derived from skald — “poet”
  2. inherited from scolden
  3. inherited from scold
  4. prefixed as outscold — “out + scold”

Definitions

  1. To scold more than.

    • There end thy brave, and turn thy face in peace; We grant thou canst outscold us: fare thee well; We hold our time too precious to be spent With such a brabbler.
    • Not such his evening, who with shining face Sweats in the crowded theatre, and squeezed And bored with elbow-points through both his sides, Out scolds the ranting actor on the stage.

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