Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

outsnob

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: out-snob
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To surpass in snobbery; to be snobbier than.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"Some of these types also outsnobbed British students in looking down at some of their fellow Rhodes Scholars – those who were not from the “good” universities back home or who refused to smooth their rough American edges while in Britain."
"File the term in this clue — “What a zythophile loves” — under how to outsnob a self-described oenophile when you prefer BEER."

Etymology

From out- + snob.

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

outsnobs (present, singular) outsnobbing (participle, present) outsnobbed (participle, past) outsnobbed (past)

Questions

What does outsnob mean?: To surpass in snobbery; to be snobbier than.
Where does outsnob come from?: From out- + snob.

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