Outlash
noun, verb
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The act of somebody lashing out.
"We cannot speak a loyal word and be meanly silent, we cannot kill and not kill in the same moment, but a room is wide enough for the loyal and mean desire, for the outlash of a murderous thought and the sharp backward stroke of repentance."
Verb
- 1 To lash out. rare
Example
More examples"We cannot speak a loyal word and be meanly silent, we cannot kill and not kill in the same moment, but a room is wide enough for the loyal and mean desire, for the outlash of a murderous thought and the sharp backward stroke of repentance."
Etymology
From out- + lash.
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