Loutishness

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The state or quality of being loutish, of behaving like a lout. countable, uncountable

    "1932-34, Samuel Beckett, "Gnome", Dublin Magazine Spend the years of learning squandering / Courage for the years of wandering / Through a world politely turning / From the loutishness of learning."

  2. 2
    The state or quality of behaving like a troublemaker, often violent; like a rude violent person; like a yob. wordnet

Synonyms

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coarsenessdensitydimnessdullnessdumbnesshebetude

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"1932-34, Samuel Beckett, "Gnome", Dublin Magazine Spend the years of learning squandering / Courage for the years of wandering / Through a world politely turning / From the loutishness of learning."

Etymology

From loutish + -ness.

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