outname

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verb

To exceed in naming or describing.

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Meanings

verboutname (third-person singular simple present outnames, present participle outnaming, simple past and past participle outnamed)

present singular third person outnames · participle present outnaming · participle past outnamed · past outnamed

  1. obsoletetransitiveTo exceed in naming or describing.
  2. obsoletetransitiveTo exceed in fame or degree.

    And found out one to out-name thy other faults.

    c. 1608–1611, Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, “The Maid’s Tragedy”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1679, →OCLC, Act V, scene iv

Origin

From out- + name.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

outname. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outname

MLA

“outname.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outname. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “outname,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outname.

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