Out-Herod

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Out-Herod \Out-Her"od\, v. t.
     To surpass (Herod) in violence or wickedness; to exceed in
     any vicious or offensive particular. Compare {outpope the
     Pope}. "It out-Herods Herod." --Shak.
     [1913 Webster]
  


           Out-Heroding the preposterous fashions of the times.
                                                    --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  out-herod
       v : surpass someone in cruelty or evil