outglitter

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verb

To surpass in glitter or splendour.

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Meanings

verboutglitter (third-person singular simple present outglitters, present participle outglittering, simple past and past participle outglittered)

present singular third person outglitters · participle present outglittering · participle past outglittered · past outglittered

  1. transitiveTo surpass in glitter or splendour.

    Mrs. Longman-Tompkinson, apprehensive of being outglittered in a single spangle, by the gilt gingerbread of the Broadway, was labouring like a recruiting-sergeant to increase her forces, with favours flying and beat of drum […]

    1838, Catherine Grace Frances, The Woman of the World: A Novel, volume 1, page 235

Origin

From out- + glitter.

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APA

outglitter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outglitter

MLA

“outglitter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outglitter. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “outglitter,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outglitter.

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