outredden

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Archived revision by Robbie SWE (talk | contribs) as of 17:36, 27 November 2020.
Jump to navigation Jump to search

English

Etymology

out- +‎ redden

Verb

outredden (third-person singular simple present outreddens, present participle outreddening, simple past and past participle outreddened)

  1. (transitive, poetic) To surpass in redness.
    • 1855, Alfred Tennyson, “(please specify the page)”, in Maud, and Other Poems, London: Edward Moxon, [], →OCLC, part ODE ON THE DEATH OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON:
      He shall find the stubborn thistle bursting
      Into glossy purples, which outredden
      All voluptuous garden-roses.

Anagrams