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lout

1

[ lout ]

noun

  1. an awkward, stupid person; clumsy, ill-mannered boor; oaf.


verb (used with object)

  1. to flout; treat with contempt; scorn.

lout

2

[ lout ]

verb (used with or without object)

  1. to bend, stoop, or bow, especially in respect or courtesy.

lout

1

/ ʊ /

noun

  1. a crude or oafish person; boor
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

lout

2

/ ʊ /

verb

  1. archaic.
    intr to bow or stoop
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of lout1

First recorded in 1540–50; perhaps special use of lout 2

Origin of lout2

1250–1300; Middle English louten, Old English ūٲ; cognate with Old Norse ūٲ; akin to little
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of lout1

C16: perhaps from lout ²

Origin of lout2

Old English ūٲ; related to Old Norse ūٲ
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"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.

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"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.

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He’s a lout, he’s a slob, he’s a mess — and he is enormously fine company on the page.

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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.

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She despises what’s happening to her country, and she deplores some Russian soldiers who are drunks and louts.

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