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pouty

[pou-tee]

adjective, pout·i·er, pout·i·est.

inclined to pout, or marked by pouting: a sullen, pouty child; a pouty face.

Origin:
1860–65, Americanism; pout¹ + -y¹

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pout¹ (paʊt)

—vb
1.	to thrust out (the lips), as when sullen, or (of the lips) to be thrust out
2.	(intr) to swell out; protrude
3.	(tr) to utter with a pout

—n
4.	(sometimes the pouts) a fit of sullenness
5.	the act or state of pouting

[C14: of uncertain origin; compare Swedish dialect puta inflated, Danish pudepillow]

'poutingly¹

—*adv*

'pouty¹

—*adj*

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