单词 | to out-modern the moderns |
释义 | > as lemmasto out-modern the moderns (iv) Formed on adjectives, as to out-old the old, to out-modern the moderns, to out-royal royalty. ΚΠ 1884 Ld. Tennyson Becket Prol. 20 A beggar on horseback, with the retinue of three kings behind him, outroyalling royalty. 1886 Homilet. Rev. (U.S.) Jan. 13 They propose to out-old the old, by going back to the early Greek theology. 1935 Amer. Speech 10 192/2 She out-moderns the moderns in a frock that is made for cocktailing. < as lemmas |
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