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pout

1  [pout]
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–verb (used without object)
1. to thrust out the lips, esp. in displeasure or sullenness.
2. to look or be sullen.
3. to swell out or protrude, as lips.
–verb (used with object)
4. to protrude (the lips).
5. to utter with a pout.
–noun
6. the act of pouting; a protrusion of the lips.
7. a fit of sullenness: to be in a pout.
Origin:
1275–1325; ME pouten; c. Sw (dial.) puta to be inflated

Related forms:
poutful, adjective
pout⋅ing⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1, 2. brood, mope, glower, scowl, sulk.
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pout 1   (pout)   
v.   pout·ed, pout·ing, pouts

v.   intr.

  1. To exhibit displeasure or disappointment; sulk.

  2. To protrude the lips in an expression of displeasure or sulkiness.

  3. To project or protrude.

v.   tr.

  1. To push out or protrude (the lips).

  2. To utter or express with a pout.

n.  

  1. A protrusion of the lips, especially as an expression of sullen discontent.

  2. A fit of petulant sulkiness. Often used in the plural with the.


[Middle English pouten, perhaps of Scandinavian origin.]
pout'i·ly adv., pout'y adj.
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Word Origin & History

pout  (v.)
c.1325, perhaps from Scandinavian (cf. Swed. dial. puta "to be puffed out"), or Fris. (cf. E.Fris. püt "bag, swelling," Low Ger. puddig "swollen"), related via notion of "inflation" to O.E. ælepute "fish with inflated parts," and M.Du. puyt, Flem. puut "frog."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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