out-herod

1. 1.

   surpass someone in cruelty or evil

   Broadersurpass

Questions about out-herod

What does out-herod mean?

out-herod means "surpass someone in cruelty or evil".

How many syllables are in out-herod?

out-herod has 3 syllables and divides as ou-t-he-rod under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is out-herod a common word?

out-herod is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.