Definitions
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- n. The state or quality of being loutish, of behaving like a lout
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The state or quality of being loutish or awkward; clownishness.
Etymologies
Examples
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"We are involved in a campaign against loutishness, which is supported by tourist authorities," Joan Espinosa, spokesman for the Association of Hoteliers of Magaluf and
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Shelestovs 'pleased him: the house, the garden, and the evening tea, and the wickerwork chairs, and the old nurse, and even the word "loutishness," which the old man was fond of using.
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The fierce intensity, the raw emotion, the shameless barrage of expletives—would loutishness be so celebrated if not for him?
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But not if they're promising to clamp down on loutishness.
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Teddy Kollek's loutishness is, I agree, a very minor, wholly inadequate, symbol of Israel's loutishness.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...
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And while I regret his former boorishness as much as his current loutishness, I will never forget what a hoot it was, back in the day, when busboys drank champagne, receptionists traveled in sports cars, and everybody's refrigerator was made of brushed aluminum.
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His gluttony, and loutishness, and aw shucks back slapping was who is was.
Terry McAuliffe: Hillary Can Drink John McCain Under The Table!
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What he wants you to do is show loyalty and back his candidacy even if he has a bad day, to defend him againts loutishness and try to win.
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They have kept us completely safe for 8 years, except that by their loutishness they allowed 9/11 to happen even though they were warned many times.
Cheney Takes On Torture, The Flaws Of The Iraqi People, And The Deaths In Iraq
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The nonstop repetition of over-the-top lies and coded racial slurs, the beer hall loutishness used to disrupt meetings of elected officials, the open brandishing of firearms and other weapons to back up the undisguised threat of political violence, are all right out of the Nazi playbook.
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