| Word | out-Herod Herod |
|---|---|
| Description | behave with extreme cruelty or tyranny Herod, the ruler of Judaea at the time of Jesus's birth and the man responsible for ordering the massacre of boy babies in his realm, was portrayed in medieval miracle plays as a blustering tyrant. The phrase is from Shakespeare's Hamlet : I would have such a fellow whipp'd for o'erdoing Termagant. It out-herods Herod. behave with extreme cruelty or tyranny Herod, the ruler of Judaea at the time of Jesus's birth and the man responsible for ordering the massacre of boy babies |
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