stout

Etymology

From Middle English stout, from Old French estout (“brave, fierce, proud”) (Modern French dialectal stout (“proud”)), earlier estolt (“strong”), from Proto-Germanic *stultaz (“proud, stately, stiff”), from Proto-Germanic *stil-, *stal-, *stul- (“to be solid, stationary, firm, stiff”), from Proto-Indo-European *stel- (“to put, stand”); cognate with Dutch stout (“stout, bold, rash”), 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 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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /staʊt/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /stʌʊt/

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• Rhymes: -aʊt

Adjective

stout (comparative stouter, superlative stoutest)

1. large; bulky, thickset; corpulent, fat.
2. (obsolete) bold, strong-minded; lusty; vigorous; robust; sinewy; muscular.
   • Shakespeare

     a stouter champion never handled sword

   • Clarendon

     He lost the character of a bold, stout, magnanimous man.

   • Daniel

     The lords all stand / To clear their cause, most resolutely stout.

3. (obsolete) proud; haughty; arrogant; hard.
   • Bible, Mal. iii. 13

     Your words have been stout against me.

   • Latimer

     Commonly […] they that be rich are lofty and stout.

4. firm; resolute; dauntless.
5. materially strong, enduring.

   Campers prefer stout vessels, sticks and cloth.

   • 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 4, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad‎:

     Nothing could be more business-like than the construction of the stout dams, and nothing more gently rural than the limpid lakes, with the grand old forest trees marshalled round their margins … .

6. obstinate.

Noun

stout on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

stout, the malt brew

stout (plural stouts)

1. A dark and strong malt brew made with toasted grain.

   Stout is darker, stronger and sweeter than porter beer.

2. An obese person. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
3. A large clothing size. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Anagrams

• touts

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stɑu̯t/

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• Rhymes: -ɑu̯t

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch stout, from Old Dutch *stolt, from Proto-Germanic *stultaz.

Etymology 2

From English stout.

Noun

stout

1. stout (type of beer)

Anagrams

• sotut

Noun

stout f (plural stouts)

1. stout (beer)