Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- n. An awkward and stupid person; an oaf. See Synonyms at boor.
- intransitive v. To bow or curtsy.
- intransitive v. To bend or stoop.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- v. To bend, bow, stoop.
- n. Troublemaker, often violent.
- n. A clownish, awkward fellow; a bumpkin.
- n. A rude violent man, yob.
- v. To treat as a lout or fool; to neglect; to disappoint.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- intransitive v. To bend; to box; to stoop.
- n. A clownish, awkward fellow; a bumpkin.
- transitive v. To treat as a lout or fool; to neglect; to disappoint.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To bend, stoop, or crouch; bow; courtesy; make humble obeisance.
- To lie quiet; lurk. See lote.
- To loiter, tarry, or stay. Hearne.
- To bow down; abase.
- n. An awkward, ungainly fellow; a clown.
- To treat as a lout; flout.
- To low or bellow.
- To milk, as a cow.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- n. an awkward stupid person
Etymologies
Examples
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Ignorant, callous, self-centered, incapable of self-improvement lout is more like it.
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Then her cheeks became red with anger as she remembered that her Tom had been called a lout — a stupid lout.
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Then her cheeks became red with anger as she remembered that her Tom had been called a lout -- a stupid lout.
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The talk show host, well-known left-leaning journalist Gad Lerner, invited Berlusconi to tone down his comments and at one point called him a "lout" when Berlusconi made a swipe against the female guests on the show.
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From this there grew up within her mind a certain respect for the "lout", which, however, made him more disagreeable to her than he might have been had he been less persistent.
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Before the day was over Lady Tringle spoke to her son, and was astonished to find that the "lout" was quite in earnest -- so much in earnest that he declared his purpose of marrying his cousin in opposition to his father and mother, in opposition even to Ayala herself.
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The dread of being considered a "lout" by your senior is a motive which appeals forcibly to most boys; and for a week or so Dick made a feverish show of returning to his outdoor sports, and doing himself justice.
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Jennet came in, and dropped a "lout" to the bride, whom she was disposed to regard with great reverence as a real lady.
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The talk show host, well-known left-leaning journalist Gad Lerner, invited Mr. Berlusconi to tone down his comments and at one point called him a "lout" when Mr. Berlusconi made a swipe against the female guests on the show.
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I do not like to hear a young man called a lout because he’s more like a man of business than a man of pleasure.”
yarb commented on the word lout
Lout under NO SMOKING triangle smokes.
- Peter Reading, Clues, from Fiction, 1979
June 26, 2008