"outnice" meaning in English

See outnice in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: outnices [present, singular, third-person], outnicing [participle, present], outniced [participle, past], outniced [past]
Etymology: From out- + nice. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|out|nice}} out- + nice Head templates: {{en-verb}} outnice (third-person singular simple present outnices, present participle outnicing, simple past and past participle outniced)
  1. (transitive, rare) To surpass in apparently nice behaviour; to make oneself seem nicer than. Tags: rare, transitive

Inflected forms

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