Definitions for Out-herod

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Out-herod out-Her·od

Spelling: [out-her-uh d]

IPA: /ˌaʊtˈhɛr əd/

Out-Herod is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 3 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 4 points.

You can make 216 anagrams from letters in Out-herod (-dehoortu).

Definitions for Out-herod

verb (used with object)

1. to outdo in extravagance, violence, or excess:

Origin of Out-herod

1595-1605; out- + Herod (Antipas)

Examples for Out-herod

I should like to out-Herod that puppy Rowland, and make a saint of myself out of a sinner.

An evil day for journalists and writers who do not out-Herod Blanqui and Pyat.

They are bad copies of the Spaniards, whose failings they imitate and out-Herod till they become odious vices.