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Lout definitions
LOUT, n. A mean awkward fellow; a bumpkin; a clown. LOUT, v.i. To end; to bow; to stoop. [Obsolete or local.]
n 1: an awkward stupid person [syn: lout, clod, stumblebum, goon, oaf, lubber, lummox, lump, gawk]
I. intransitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English l?tan; akin to Old Norse l?ta to bow down Date: before 12th century 1. to bow in respect 2. submit, yield II. noun Etymology: perhaps from 1lout Date: 1542 an awkward brutish person III. transitive verb Date: circa 1530 to treat as a lout ; scorn
n. a rough, crude, or ill-mannered person (usu. a man). Derivatives: loutish adj. loutishly adv. loutishness n. Etymology: perh. f. archaic lout to bow
Lout Lout, v. i. [OE. louten, luten, AS. l?tan; akin to Icel. l?ta, Dan. lude, OHG. l?z?n to lie hid.] To bend; to box; to stoop. [Archaic] --Chaucer. Longfellow. He fair the knight saluted, louting low. --Spenser.
Lout Lout, n. [Formerly also written lowt.] A clownish, awkward fellow; a bumpkin. --Sir P. Sidney.
Lout Lout, v. t. To treat as a lout or fool; to neglect; to disappoint. [Obs.] --Shak.
(louts) If you describe a man or boy as a lout, you are critical of them because they behave in an impolite or aggressive way. ...a drunken lout. N-COUNT [disapproval]
n. Bumpkin, clown, boor, lubber, clumsy fellow, awkward fellow, booby, clodhopper.
A clumsy stupid fellow.
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