Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To surpass in brilliancy; outglitter; outshine.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb To exceed in sparkling.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb To exceed in sparkling.

Etymologies

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out- +‎ sparkle

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Examples

  • It seemed to be her belief that one individual's spirit could supersede, eclipse, and outsparkle the entire disco ball of history, but that if you magnified the pure spark of spirit through the puffy lens of ego, you risked burning a hole in your soul.

    Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates Robbins, Tom 2000

  • It seemed to be her belief that one individual's spirit could supersede, eclipse, and outsparkle the entire disco ball of history, but that if you magnified the pure spark of spirit through the puffy lens of ego, you risked burning a hole in your soul.

    Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates Robbins, Tom 2000

  • Wisconsin, Gorys, employed daily and nightly as a gigolo in the gilt and marble restaurants that try to outsparkle the Mediterranean along the

    Gigolo Edna Ferber 1926

  • Her cheeks were as round and red as lore-apples, and she had dancing blue eyes that appeared for ever engaged in good-natured efforts to outsparkle each other.

    Thelma Marie Corelli 1889

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