stoutish

[stou-tish]

adjective

Origin of stoutish

First recorded in 1825–35; stout + -ish¹

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The first who scaled the palings was a stoutish, middle-aged man: but who was the other?
Nearly Lost but Dearly Won
Theodore P. Wilson
The fronds may be moved into a portfolio formed of sheets of stoutish paper.
How to Know the Ferns
S. Leonard Bastin
He was a stoutish man, and the morning, for autumn, was astonishingly warm.
V. V.'s Eyes
Henry Sydnor Harrison
The stoutish Commissioner glanced after him, dimly surprised.
V. V.'s Eyes
Henry Sydnor Harrison
A handkerchief waved in the distance by a stoutish lady, interrupted.
The Little Red Chimney
Mary Finley Leonard