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stoutish

[ stou-tish ]

/ ˈstaʊ tɪʃ /

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adjective

rather stout.

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Origin of stoutish

First recorded in 1825–35; stout + -ish¹

Words nearby stoutish

Stourhead, stoush, stout, stouten, stout-hearted, stoutish, stove, stove bolt, stove coal, stove enamel, stovepipe

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How to use stoutish in a sentence

The leader, a stoutish young man of good appearance, had put the usual questions and received the usual answers.
Trans-Himalaya, Vol. 2 (of 2)|Sven Hedin
As he went in the yard he seen a stoutish man liftin' a bar'l of flour in a waggin.
Out of the Hurly-Burly|Charles Heber Clark
The fronds may be moved into a portfolio formed of sheets of stoutish paper.
How to Know the Ferns|S. Leonard Bastin
A stoutish, neatly dressed gentleman with a gray moustache looked like Mr. Howells, and he thrilled again.
Shandygaff|Christopher Morley

The women who lounge here are generally stoutish and slatternly, with few clothes on, but plenty of frowzy hair.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 121, November, 1867|Various