Meanings
present singular third person outwears · participle present outwearing · past outwore · participle past outworn
- nonstandardtransitiveuncommonTo wear out.
Crushed impotent beneath this reign of terror, Dazed with mysteries of woe and error, The soul is too outworn for wondering.
1874, James Thomson, The City of Dreadful Night1 more example
According to the audio commentary on “Treehouse Of Horror III,” some of the creative folks at The Simpsons were concerned that the “Treehouse Of Horror” franchise had outworn its welcome and was rapidly running out of classic horror or science-fiction fodder to spoof.
2012 April 29, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Treehouse of Horror III” (season 4, episode 5; originally aired 10/29/1992)”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), archived from the original on 15 Aug 2012
Synonyms & antonyms
verbexhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*úd
- Proto-Germanic*ūt
- Proto-Germanic*ūt-
- Old Englishūt-
- Middle Englishut-
- Englishout-
- Proto-Indo-European*wes-
- Proto-Indo-European*woséyeti
- Proto-Germanic*wazjaną
- Proto-West Germanic*waʀjan
- Old Englishwerian
- Middle Englishweren
- Englishwear
- Englishoutwear
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Cite this entry
outwear. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outwear
“outwear.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outwear. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “outwear,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outwear.
Source: outwear on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.