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outwell¹

Where it comes from

From out- + well.

verb outwells · outwelling · outwelled

  1. ambitransitive, archaic To well outward; to issue forth. […] when old father Nilus gins to swell With timely pride aboue the Aegyptian vale, His fattie waues doe fertile slime outwell, And ouerflow each plaine and lowly dale:

Outwell²

Where it comes from

From Old English ūt (“out, outer”) + wella (“well, spring, stream”).

proper noun

  1. A village and civil parish in King's Lynn and West Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF5103).

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"outwell." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/outwell. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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"outwell." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/outwell.

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@misc{outwell_2026,
  title = {outwell},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/outwell},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}