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English
Etymology
out- + scold
Verb
outscold (third-person singular simple present outscolds, present participle outscolding, simple past and past participle outscolded)
- (transitive) To scold more than.
c. 1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :There end thy brave, and turn thy face in peace;
We grant thou canst outscold us: fare thee well;
We hold our time too precious to be spent
With such a brabbler.
1785, William Cowper, “Book IV. The Winter Evening.”, in The Task, a Poem, , London: J Johnson; , →OCLC, page 139:Not such his evening, who with shining face
Sweats in the crowded theatre, and squeezed
And bored with elbow-points through both his sides,
Out scolds the ranting actor on the stage.
- 1812, Mary Russell Mitford, letter addressed to William Elford dated 12 July, 1812, in A. G. K. L’Estrange (ed.), The Life of Mary Russell Mitford, Told by Herself in Letters to Her Friends, New York: Harper, 1870, Volume I, p. 162,
- And as to singers, I am certain that one of them goes as high as Catalani: I never heard any thing to equal it except a friend of mine who went into hysterics because she was outscolded by her husband. She, I think, did scream louder.
- 1897, James Monroe, “The Early Abolitionists” in Oberlin Thursday Lectures: Addresses and Essays, Oberlin, Ohio: Edward J. Goodrich, pp. 22-23,
- This jocose tirade had the intended effect. The lady felt herself outscolded and declined the contest.