Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

outmaster

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: out-mas-ter
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To overcome; to win or prevail in a competition.

Example Sentences

"Pleas'd with the guilt, yet envy-stung at heart To stand outmaster'd in his own black art!"
"He would outmaster, outflank, the mystery of iniquity by the mystery of godliness."
"Don't try to outmaster the master."
"The great, hulking brute rubbed his jaw and lunged at Keel, but years of the finest royal training only made it easy for the angry merprince to outmaster the human."

Etymology

From out- + master.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: out

Inflected Forms

outmasters (present, singular) outmastering (participle, present) outmastered (participle, past) outmastered (past)

Rhymes With

master faster disaster pastor plaster headmaster castor caster blaster aster alabaster remaster

Questions

What does outmaster mean?: To overcome; to win or prevail in a competition.
Where does outmaster come from?: From out- + master.

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