stout
/staʊt/ adjective, noun, verb, proper noun
Forms stouter stoutest stouts stouting stouted stoat stut
- adjective (of a person) Large; bulky.
- adjective (obsolete) Bold, strong-minded.
- adjective (obsolete) Proud; haughty.
- adjective Firm; resolute; dauntless.
- adjective Materially strong, enduring. “Campers prefer stout vessels, sticks and cloth.”
- adjective Obstinate.
- adjective (Ireland) drunk.
- noun (beer) A dark and strong malt brew made with toasted grain. “Stout is darker, stronger and sweeter than porter beer.”
- noun A serving of this beer.
- noun An obese person.
- noun A large clothing size.
- verb (intransitive, archaic) To be bold or defiant.
- verb (transitive, dialectal) To persist, endure.
- noun Gnat.
- noun Gadfly.
- noun (dialectal) Firefly or miller (moth).
- proper noun A surname.
- proper noun A former town in Larimer County, Colorado, United States.
- proper noun A minor city in Grundy County, Iowa, United States.
- proper noun Synonym of Rome, Adams County, Ohio.
Synonyms
thickset corpulent fat lusty vigorous robust sinewy muscular arrogant hard haughty brook thole midge horsefly Rome Adams County Ohio stalwart portly hardy sturdy
Etymology
From Middle English stoute, from Old French estout (“brave, fierce, proud”) (Modern French dialectal stout (“proud”)), from earlier Old French estolt (“strong”), from Frankish *stolt, *stult (“bold, proud”), from Proto-Germanic *stultaz (“bold, proud”), from Proto-Indo-European *stel- (“to put, stand”).
Cognate with Dutch stout (“stout, bold, naughty”), 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" was first attested in 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.
From Middle English stouten, from the adjective (see above).
From Middle English stout, from Old English stūt (“gnat; midge”).
Webster’s 1913
- adjective Strong; lusty; vigorous; robust; sinewy; muscular; hence, firm; resolute; dauntless.
- adjective Proud; haughty; arrogant; hard. [Archaic]
- noun A strong malt liquor; strong porter. Swift.
Etymology [D. stout bold (or OF. estout bold, proud, of Teutonic origin); akin to AS. stolt, G. stolz, and perh. to E. stilt.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “stout”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details