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poutful

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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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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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