different between terms vs outscold

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /t??mz/
• (US) IPA^(key): /t?mz/

Noun

terms

1. plural of term

Verb

terms

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of term

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Swedish

Noun

terms

1. indefinite genitive singular of term

English

Etymology

out- +? scold

Verb

outscold (third-person singular simple present outscolds, present participle outscolding, simple past and past participle outscolded)

1. (transitive) To scold more than.
   • c. 1596, William Shakespeare, King John, Act V, Scene 2,^[1]

     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, The Task, London: J. Johnson, Book Four, p. 139,^[2]

     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,^[3]

     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,^[4]

     This jocose tirade had the intended effect. The lady felt herself outscolded and declined the contest.