lout

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But in Sarria's mind, the lout was an object of affection, sincere, unquestioning.

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  1. noun An awkward and stupid person; an oaf. See Synonyms at boor.
  2. intransitive verb To bow or curtsy.
  3. intransitive verb To bend or stoop.

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  • The bystanders openly declared against him, holding him for a lout, as indeed he was, and me for a man, as I had proved myself. —  The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini
  • Saying that to the back-country lout's face when said lout was armed and also armored in authority struck him as inexpedient. —  AnalogSFF,May2006
  • More difficult is to transform the litter lout, for he is the same lout as the graffiti lout, the drugs lout and the violent lout. —  EcoEarth.Info Environment RSS Newsfeed
  • "I have premonitions of disaster, but I suppose if we've come this far we should see the experiment through Patricia said ungraciously, "At least the lout will be limited in his accomplishments by his lack of imagination. —  The Common Man
  • But in Sarria's mind, the lout was an object of affection, sincere, unquestioning. —  The Octopus : A story of California
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boor ·  churl ·  oaf ·  bumpkin ·  clod ·  wretch ·  brute ·  knave ·  simpleton ·  lubber ·  ruffian ·  gawk
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Etymologies (7)

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  1. Possibly from lout2.
  2. Middle English louten, from Old English lūtan.

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  1. from Middle English louten, from Anglo-Saxon lūtan (= Icelandic lūta = Danish lude = Swedish luta), stoop, bow, akin to lutian, later Middle English lutien, loten, lurk (see lote), and perhaps to lytel, little: see little.
  2. Not found in Middle English; prob. from Icelandic lūtr, stooping, bent, from lūta, stoop, lout: see lout.
  3. from lout, n.
  4. Cf. low.
  5. Origin obscure.
 

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