Meanings
verboutsweeten (third-person singular simple present outsweetens, present participle outsweetening, simple past and past participle outsweetened)
present singular third person outsweetens · participle present outsweetening · participle past outsweetened · past outsweetened
- transitiveTo surpass in sweetness.
The leaf of eglantine, whom not to slander, Outsweeten'd not thy breath
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 IV, scene i]
Origin
Cite this entry
APA
outsweeten. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outsweeten
MLA
“outsweeten.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outsweeten. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “outsweeten,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outsweeten.
Source: outsweeten on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.