Usually means: Surpass in extravagance or cruelty.
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We found 15 dictionaries that define the word out-herod:

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  1. out-Herod: Merriam-Webster
  2. out-Herod, out-Herod: Collins English Dictionary
  3. out-herod: Vocabulary.com
  4. out-herod: Wordnik
  5. out-Herod: Wiktionary
  6. out-Herod: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. out-Herod: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. Out-Herod, out-herod: Dictionary.com
  9. Out-Herod: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. out-herod: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  11. out-herod: Rhymezone
  12. Out-Herod: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  13. out-herod: FreeDictionary.org
  14. out-herod: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. out-Herod: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (out-Herod)

▸ verb:  To surpass in evil and cruelty (originally and chiefly with Herod as direct object).

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outhorror, outglare, outstrip, overpeer, overdo, outken, outbrazen, outgo, overgo, outvenom, more...

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