Home › Words › O › outnightoutnightoutnight means to surpass in telling tales of nights one has experienced.EtymologyFrom out- + night.verbTo surpass in telling tales of nights one has experienced.e.g.“I would outnight you, did nobody come: But hark, I hear the footing of a man.” — c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] BlouDefinitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).