outvillain

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verb

To exceed in villainy.

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Meanings

verboutvillain (third-person singular simple present outvillains, present participle outvillaining, simple past and past participle outvillained)

present singular third person outvillains · participle present outvillaining · participle past outvillained · past outvillained

  1. transitiveTo exceed in villainy.

    First Lord: He [Parolles] has out-villained villainy so far that the rarity redeems him.

    c. 1604–1605 (date written), William Shakespeare, “All’s Well, that Ends Well”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals)

Origin

From out- + villain.

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APA

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

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

Chicago

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

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