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Joseph, Jacques (medicine)


Joseph, Jacques
<person> German surgeon, 1865-1934.

See: Joseph rhinoplasty, Joseph knife.


out-Herod (iou)



out-Herod verb trans. E17.
[from OUT- + Herod a blustering tyrant in miracle plays, representing Herod the ruler of Judaea at the time of Jesus' birth (see HERODIAN).]
Outdo in cruelty, evil, or extravagance. Chiefly in out-Herod Herod.
Shakespeare Hamlet I would have such a fellow whipp'd for o'erdoing Termagant; it out-herods Herod.