stout

[ stout ]

/ staʊt /

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adjective, stout·er, stout·est.

bulky in figure; heavily built; corpulent; thickset; fat: She is getting too stout for her dresses.

bold, brave, or dauntless: a stout heart; stout fellows.

firm; stubborn; resolute: stout resistance.

forceful; vigorous: a stout argument; a stout wind.

strong of body; hearty; sturdy: stout seamen.

having endurance or staying power, as a horse.

strong in substance or body, as a beverage.

strong and thick or heavy: a stout cudgel.

noun

a dark, sweet brew made of roasted malt and having a higher percentage of hops than porter.

porter of extra strength.

a stout person.

a garment size designed for a stout man.

a garment, as a suit or overcoat, in this size.

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Origin of stout

1250–1300; Middle English (adj.) < Old French estout bold, proud < Germanic; compare Middle Dutch stout bold, Middle Low German stolt, Middle High German stolz proud

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stout·ly, adverbstout·ness, nouno·ver·stout, adjectiveo·ver·stout·ly, adverb

o·ver·stout·ness, nounun·stout, adjectiveun·stout·ly, adverbun·stout·ness, noun

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Stout, fat, plump imply corpulence of body. Stout describes a heavily built but usually strong and healthy body: a handsome stout lady. Fat, an informal word with unpleasant connotations, suggests an unbecoming fleshy stoutness; it may, however, apply also to a hearty fun-loving type of stout person: a fat old man; fat and jolly. Plump connotes a pleasing roundness and is often used as a complimentary or euphemistic equivalent for stout, fleshy, etc.: a pleasingly plump figure attractively dressed.

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His opponent, Tony Movshon, older, stouter, and, it must be said, considerably less indefatigable, was out-flashed.
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The body and bill of the Nuthatch is stouter, and not such a pretty shape, and his bill almost turns up.
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I have him still, but he is stouter and has come down to a motor car.
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These are also thicker and stouter, have shorter legs, and a more expanded snout.
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The portraits of Lulli, says a contemporary, are fairly like him, but he was smaller and stouter than they show.
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The two stream-inhabitants, S. sila and sordida, have shorter and stouter fingers than the other species.
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British Dictionary definitions for stouter

stout

/ (staʊt) /

adjective

solidly built or corpulent

(prenominal) resolute or valiantstout fellow

strong, substantial, and robust

a stout heart courage; resolution

noun

strong porter highly flavoured with malt

Derived Formsstoutish, adjectivestoutly, adverbstoutness, noun

Word Origin for stout

C14: from Old French estout bold, of Germanic origin; related to Middle High German stolz proud, Middle Dutch stolt brave

Stout

/ (staʊt) /

noun

Sir Robert. 1844–1930, New Zealand statesman, born in Scotland: prime minister of New Zealand (1884–87)

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Word Origin and History for stouter

stout

adj.

c.1300, "proud, valiant, strong," from Old French estout "brave, fierce, proud," earlier estolt "strong," from West Germanic *stult- "proud, stately" (cf. Middle Low German stolt "stately, proud," German stolz "proud, haughty, arrogant, stately"), from PIE root *stel- "to put, stand" (see stall (n.1)). Meaning "strong in body, powerfully built" is attested from late 14c., but has been displaced by the (often euphemistic) meaning "thick-bodied, fat and large," which is first recorded 1804. Original sense preserved in stout-hearted (1550s).

stout

"strong, dark-brown beer," 1670s, from stout (adj.).

stout

adjective, stout·er, stout·est.

noun

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