outsparkle

verb

Etymology

From out- + sparkle.

  1. inherited from sparkel
  2. prefixed as outsparkle — “out + sparkle

Definitions

  1. To exceed in sparkling.

    • Her eyes outsparkled the jewels she wore.
    • I want you to know about Tully because he is the epitome of good health, good habits, and a great disposition with a twinkle in his eye that will outsparkle the most precious diamond.
  2. To sparkle outwards.

    • a youthful wight Smiling beneath a coral diadem Outsparkling sudden like an upturn'd gem.
    • Or did they rise, thus rude, And curl their uncouth ring in that same age Which saw the fair-proportioned Parthenon In its first finish of Pentelic marble, Outsparkle from the hand of Phidias?
    • A flushing font, a sure upheaving well, Which now outsparkled from its fountain-head To freshen even her trampled virgin wreath , Making her move aside to weep for death.

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