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lout
1[ lout ]
noun
- an awkward, stupid person; clumsy, ill-mannered boor; oaf.
verb (used with object)
- to flout; treat with contempt; scorn.
lout
2[ lout ]
verb (used with or without object)
- to bend, stoop, or bow, especially in respect or courtesy.
lout
1/ ʊ /
noun
- a crude or oafish person; boor
lout
2/ ʊ /
verb
- archaic.intr to bow or stoop
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of lout1
Origin of lout2
Example Sentences
"The way it was twisted to make her out be a drunken, bigoted wee lout was one of the worst times of my life," recalls her father.
"It's possible that their lout of a client insisted that the lawyers waste their meeting with general grievances about prosecutorial misconduct that already have been rejected by the courts," tweeted former U.S.
He’s a lout, he’s a slob, he’s a mess — and he is enormously fine company on the page.
His name is Neil Gibson, in homage, one assumes, to the cyberpunk writers Neil Stephenson and William Gibson, even though he’s a lout and, to the best of my knowledge, Stephenson and Gibson are not.
She despises what’s happening to her country, and she deplores some Russian soldiers who are drunks and louts.
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