Top Qs
Timeline
Chat
Perspective

stout

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

Remove ads
See also: Stout

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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" is attested from 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.

Adjective

stout (comparative stouter, superlative stoutest)

  1. (of a person) Large; bulky.
    Synonyms: thickset, corpulent, fat
    • 1961 November 10, Joseph Heller, “The Eternal City”, in Catch-22 […], New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →OCLC, page 427:
      Yossarian walked out of the office and down the stairs into the dark, tomblike street, passing in the hall the stout woman with warts and two chins, who was already on her way back in.
  2. (obsolete) Bold, strong-minded.
    Synonyms: lusty, vigorous, robust, sinewy, muscular
  3. (obsolete) Proud; haughty.
    Synonyms: arrogant, hard, haughty
  4. Firm; resolute; dauntless.
    • 2020 September 5, David Hytner, “Raheem Sterling keeps his cool to see off Iceland amid blaze of late drama”, in The Guardian‎:
      he had reason to be extremely grateful to Sterling, his Manchester City teammate, who won and converted the penalty that appeared to have broken Iceland’s stout resistance.
    • 2023 June 28, Stephen Roberts, “Bradshaw's Britain: Alton to Exeter”, in RAIL, number 986, page 58:
      So, Andover featured in the Glorious Revolution, which involved the deposition of Catholic fraterniser James II and his replacement by stout Protestants William and Mary.
  5. Materially strong, enduring.
    Campers prefer stout vessels, sticks and cloth.
    • 1751, [Tobias] Smollett, “He is Concerned in a Dangerous Adventure with a Certain Gardener; […]”, in The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume I, London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC, page 134:
      […] Pipes, who acted as the enemy's forlorn hope, advanced to the gate with great intrepidity, and clapping his foot to the door, which was none of the ſtouteſt, with the execution and diſpatch of a petard, ſplit it into a thouſand pieces.
    • 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 4, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad‎:
      Nothing could be more business-like than the construction of the stout dams, and nothing more gently rural than the limpid lakes, with the grand old forest trees marshalled round their margins … .
  6. Obstinate.
Derived terms
Translations

Noun

stout (plural stouts)

  1. (beer) A dark and strong malt brew made with toasted grain.
    Coordinate term: porter
    Stout is darker, stronger and sweeter than porter beer.
  2. An obese person.
    • 1946, Printers' Ink:
      Incidentally the survey pointed up the sad plight of the stylish stouts, today's “forgotten men.” The clothing situation is getting so critical for them that they may have to choose between eating and dressing.
  3. A large clothing size.
    • 1918, Isidor Rosenfeld, The Practical Designer for Women's and Misses' Underwear - The Study of the Stout Form
      The all-around waist is increased or over-built, according to size, which makes this form a stout.
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English stouten, from the adjective (see above).

Verb

stout (third-person singular simple present stouts, present participle stouting, simple past and past participle stouted)

  1. (intransitive, archaic) To be bold or defiant.
  2. (transitive, dialectal) To persist, endure.
    Synonyms: brook, thole

Etymology 3

From Middle English stout, from Old English stūt (“gnat; midge”).

Alternative forms

Noun

stout (plural stouts)

  1. Gnat.
    Synonym: midge
  2. Gadfly.
    Synonym: horsefly
  3. (dialectal) Firefly or miller (moth).
Derived terms
  • stoat-fly

Further reading

Anagrams

Remove ads

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch stout, from Old Dutch *stolt, from Proto-Germanic *stultaz.

Adjective

stout (comparative stouter, superlative stoutst)

  1. naughty, disobedient, mischievous
    Zijn hier nog stoute kindertjes? ― Are there any naughty children here?
  2. high (expectations)
  3. (archaic) bold, audacious
Declension
More information Declension of, uninflected ...
Derived terms
  • allerstoutst
  • stoutaard
  • stoutaardig
  • stoutachtig
  • stoutebil
  • stoutelijk
  • stouterd
  • stouterik
  • stouthals
  • stouthart
  • stouthartig
  • stoutheid
  • stoutigheid
  • stoutmoedig
  • stoutspreker
  • stoutweg
  • verstouten
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: stout
  • Negerhollands: stout

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English stout.

Noun

stout m or n (uncountable)

  1. stout (brew)
    Synonym: stoutbier

References

  • “stout” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]
Remove ads

Finnish

Etymology

From English stout.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈstou̯t/, [ˈs̠to̞u̯t̪]
  • Rhymes: -out
  • Syllabification(key): stout
  • Hyphenation(key): stout

Noun

stout

  1. stout (type of beer)

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...
More information first-person singular possessor, singular ...

Further reading

Anagrams

Remove ads

French

Pronunciation

  • Audio (France (Lyon)):(file)

Noun

stout m (plural stouts)

  1. stout (beer)

Further reading

Spanish

Noun

stout f (plural stouts)

  1. stout (beer)

Wikiwand - on

Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.

Remove ads
Remove ads