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stoutish

[stou-tish]

adjective

  1. rather stout.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of stoutish1

First recorded in 1825–35; stout + -ish 1
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Example Sentences

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The speaker was a stoutish man with deep brown eyes: the first man from the bridge.

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Camp - and her dog, a stoutish puggle - will be returning to New York after a few years in California.

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A bald, stoutish white man went into the store and pulled off his coat.

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But no one could see the poignantly touching truth, that beneath the beaded mantle of this reddish, stoutish, middle-aged customer, a maiden's heart was fondly beating.

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The Kan-wang seemed at least ten years older, rather stoutish and tall, and with an open, pleasing face, expressive of a kind and benevolent character.

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