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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Out-Herod

· Out-Her·od · IPA /aʊtˈhɛɹəd/
01 v. t. To surpass (Herod) in violence or wickedness; to exceed in any vicious or offensive particular. Compare outpope the Pope.
  1. 1.
    To surpass (Herod) in violence or wickedness; to exceed in any vicious or offensive particular. Compare outpope the Pope. See: outpope the Pope
    “Out-Heroding the preposterous fashions of the times.” — Sir W. Scott.