outlustre

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verb

To surpass in brightness or lustre; to outshine.

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Meanings

verboutlustre (third-person singular simple present outlustres, present participle outlustring, simple past and past participle outlustred)

present singular third person outlustres · participle present outlustring · participle past outlustred · past outlustred

  1. poetictransitiveTo surpass in brightness or lustre; to outshine.

    that diamond of yours outlustres many

    1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene v]
    2 more examples

    Her plumage outlustred the pride o' the spring.

    a. 1796, Robert Burns, The Heather was Blooming

    So she has dreams, and in her dreams, / Joy to outlustre joy by day[…]

    1869, John Edward Howell, Poems: Volume 1, page 123

Origin

From out- + lustre.

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APA

outlustre. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outlustre

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“outlustre.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outlustre. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “outlustre,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outlustre.

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