outintellectual

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verb

to surpass (someone) in being intellectual

Scrabble 17
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Meanings

verboutintellectual (third-person singular simple present outintellectuals, present participle (US) outintellectualing or (UK) outintellectualling, simple past and past participle (US) outintellectualed or (UK) outintellectualled)

present singular third person outintellectuals · US participle present outintellectualing · UK participle present outintellectualling · US participle past outintellectualed · US past outintellectualed · UK participle past outintellectualled · UK past outintellectualled

  1. raretransitiveto surpass (someone) in being intellectual

    > Correlation doesn't imply > causation... but it sure as hell doesn't rule it out, > either. there ya go again trying to outintellectual yourself

    2012 March 24, ulticritic, “Re: The US Open is a Bad Idea”, in rec.sport.disc (Usenet), message-ID <dc6b59ed-40b2-49f3-aa3f-e01311b04878@q11g2000vbu.googlegroups.com>
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    You think learning is a big thing, and you become a big fucking intellectual, and sit around trying to outintellectual all the other big fucking intellectuals.

    1972, Fritz the Cat (film)
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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