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Stout

//staʊt// adj, name, noun, verb

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Large; bulky.

    "Yossarian walked out of the office and down the stairs into the dark, tomblike street, passing in the hall the stout woman with warts and two chins, who was already on her way back in."

  2. 2
    Bold, strong-minded. obsolete

    "Art thou but Captaine of a thouſand horſe, That by Characters grauen in thy browes, And by thy martiall face and ſtout aſpect, Deſeru’ſt to haue the leading of an hoſte?"

  3. 3
    Proud; haughty. obsolete

    "Your words have been stout against me."

  4. 4
    Firm; resolute; dauntless.

    "he had reason to be extremely grateful to Sterling, his Manchester City teammate, who won and converted the penalty that appeared to have broken Iceland’s stout resistance."

  5. 5
    Materially strong, enduring.

    "Campers prefer stout vessels, sticks and cloth."

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  1. 6
    Obstinate.
Adjective
  1. 1
    euphemisms for ‘fat’ wordnet
  2. 2
    dependable wordnet
  3. 3
    having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A former town in Larimer County, Colorado, United States. countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A minor city in Grundy County, Iowa, United States. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    Synonym of Rome, Adams County, Ohio. countable, uncountable
Noun
  1. 1
    A dark and strong malt brew made with toasted grain.

    "Stout is darker, stronger and sweeter than porter beer."

  2. 2
    Gnat.
  3. 3
    a garment size for a large or heavy person wordnet
  4. 4
    A serving of this beer.
  5. 5
    Gadfly.
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  1. 6
    a strong very dark heavy-bodied ale made from pale malt and roasted unmalted barley and (often) caramel malt with hops wordnet
  2. 7
    An obese person.

    "Incidentally the survey pointed up the sad plight of the stylish stouts, today's “forgotten men.” The clothing situation is getting so critical for them that they may have to choose between eating and dressing."

  3. 8
    Firefly or miller (moth). dialectal
  4. 9
    A large clothing size.

    "1918, Isidor Rosenfeld, The Practical Designer for Women's and Misses' Underwear - The Study of the Stout Form The all-around waist is increased or over-built, according to size, which makes this form a stout."

Verb
  1. 1
    To be bold or defiant. archaic, intransitive
  2. 2
    To persist, endure. dialectal, transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English stoute, from Old French estout (“brave, fierce, proud”) (Modern French dialectal stout (“proud”)), from earlier Old French estolt (“strong”), from Frankish *stolt, *stult (“bold, proud”), from Proto-Germanic *stultaz (“bold, proud”), from Proto-Indo-European *stel- (“to put, stand”). Cognate with Dutch stout (“stout, bold, naughty”), Low German stolt (“stately, proud”), German stolz (“proud, haughty, arrogant, stately”), Old Norse stoltr (“proud”) (Danish stolt (“proud”), Icelandic stoltur (“proud”)). Meaning "strong in body, powerfully built" is attested from First attested in c. 1386, but has been to a large extent displaced by the euphemistic meaning "thick-bodied, fat and large," which is first recorded 1804. Original sense preserved in stout-hearted (1552). The noun "strong, dark-brown beer" is first recorded 1677, from the adjective.

Etymology 2

From Middle English stoute, from Old French estout (“brave, fierce, proud”) (Modern French dialectal stout (“proud”)), from earlier Old French estolt (“strong”), from Frankish *stolt, *stult (“bold, proud”), from Proto-Germanic *stultaz (“bold, proud”), from Proto-Indo-European *stel- (“to put, stand”). Cognate with Dutch stout (“stout, bold, naughty”), Low German stolt (“stately, proud”), German stolz (“proud, haughty, arrogant, stately”), Old Norse stoltr (“proud”) (Danish stolt (“proud”), Icelandic stoltur (“proud”)). Meaning "strong in body, powerfully built" is attested from First attested in c. 1386, but has been to a large extent displaced by the euphemistic meaning "thick-bodied, fat and large," which is first recorded 1804. Original sense preserved in stout-hearted (1552). The noun "strong, dark-brown beer" is first recorded 1677, from the adjective.

Etymology 3

From Middle English stouten, from the adjective (see above).

Etymology 4

From Middle English stout, from Old English stūt (“gnat; midge”).

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