(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:40:22

Out-Her"od (?), v. t.

To surpass (Herod) in violence or wickedness; to exceed in any vicious or offensive particular.

"It out-Herods Herod."

Shak.

Out-Heroding the preposterous fashions of the times. Sir W. Scott.

 

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