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English
Etymology
From out- + venom.
Verb
outvenom (third-person singular simple present outvenoms, present participle outvenoming, simple past and past participle outvenomed)
- (transitive) To exceed in venom.
1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :'Tis slander,
Whose edge is sharper than the sword, whose tongue
Outvenoms all the worms of Nile.