outglitterv.
/ˌaʊtˈɡlɪtə/, U.S. /ˌaʊtˈɡlɪdər/ transitive. To surpass in glitter or splendour.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > splendour > excel in splendour [verb (transitive)]
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outbloom1726
the world > matter > light > light emitted in particular manner > [verb (transitive)] > emit (fire, etc.) as or like sparks > more than
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a1623 G. Fletcher Christs Triumph after Death xi, in Christs Victory & Triumph (1640) 72 Whose garment was before indipt in bloud, But now, imbright'ned into heav'nly flame, The Sunne it selfe outglitters.
1662 A. Cokayne Trag. Ovid iv. i. 79 in Poems I must Out-glitter all the Femals of the Province, Or I shall want my will.
1702 C. Beaumont J. Beaumont's Psyche (new ed.) ii. ccxviii. 27 The gracious splendor of this Queen Sweetly outglitters their best tire of Rays.
1738 S. Boyse Transl. & Poems 9 Where is that Radiance, Jesus! so divine, So brightly splendid, to out-glitter thine?
1853 Putnam's Monthly Mag. Feb. 138 To see the golden glories of his brain Out-glittered by a brazen counterfeit.
1884 S. H. Ward in Independent Almanac (N.Y.) 14 You cannot wish the background to outglitter the picture.
1902 J. W. De Forest Poems 31 For many once quaint and homely Outglitter the saints themselves.
1977 Time 28 Nov. 27/3 Not to be outglittered by the Communists, Spain's Socialists had arranged a U.S. trip for González.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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