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pout⋅y

  [pou-tee]
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–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; pout 1 + -y 1
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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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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