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stout
[stout] 
adjective -er, -est, noun –adjective
| 1. | bulky in figure; heavily built; corpulent; thickset; fat: She is getting too stout for her dresses. |
| 2. | bold, brave, or dauntless: a stout heart; stout fellows. |
| 3. | firm; stubborn; resolute: stout resistance. |
| 4. | forceful; vigorous: a stout argument; a stout wind. |
| 5. | strong of body; hearty; sturdy: stout seamen. |
| 6. | having endurance or staying power, as a horse. |
| 7. | strong in substance or body, as a beverage. |
| 8. | strong and thick or heavy: a stout cudgel. |
–noun
| 9. | a dark, sweet brew made of roasted malt and having a higher percentage of hops than porter. |
| 10. | porter of extra strength. |
| 11. | a stout person. |
| 12. | a garment size designed for a stout man. |
| 13. | a garment, as a suit or overcoat, in this size. |
Origin:
1250–1300; ME (adj.) < OF estout bold, proud < Gmc; cf. MD stout bold, MLG stolt, MHG stolz proud
1250–1300; ME (adj.) < OF estout bold, proud < Gmc; cf. MD stout bold, MLG stolt, MHG stolz proud
Related forms:
stoutly, adverb
stoutness, noun
Synonyms:
1. portly, fleshy. Stout, fat, plump imply corpulence of body. Stout describes a heavily built but usually strong and healthy body: a handsome stout lady. Fat, an informal word with unpleasant connotations, suggests an unbecoming fleshy stoutness; it may, however, apply also to a hearty fun-loving type of stout person: a fat old man; fat and jolly. Plump connotes a pleasing roundness and is often used as a complimentary or euphemistic equivalent for stout, fleshy, etc.: a plump figure attractively dressed. 2. valiant, gallant, intrepid, fearless, indomitable, courageous. 3. obstinate. 5. brawny, sinewy.
1. portly, fleshy. Stout, fat, plump imply corpulence of body. Stout describes a heavily built but usually strong and healthy body: a handsome stout lady. Fat, an informal word with unpleasant connotations, suggests an unbecoming fleshy stoutness; it may, however, apply also to a hearty fun-loving type of stout person: a fat old man; fat and jolly. Plump connotes a pleasing roundness and is often used as a complimentary or euphemistic equivalent for stout, fleshy, etc.: a plump figure attractively dressed. 2. valiant, gallant, intrepid, fearless, indomitable, courageous. 3. obstinate. 5. brawny, sinewy.
Antonyms:
1. thin, lean.
1. thin, lean.
Stout
[stout] –noun
| 1. | Rex (Tod⋅hun⋅ter) [tod-huhn-ter] , 1886–1975, U.S. detective novelist. |
| 2. | Robert, 1844–1930, New Zealand jurist and statesman: prime minister 1884–87. |
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| stout (stout) adj. stout·er, stout·est
[Middle English, from Old French estout, of Germanic origin; see stel- in Indo-European roots.] stout'ish adj., stout'ly adv., stout'ness n. |
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Stout
Stout\, a. [Compar. Stouter; superl. Stoutest.] [D. stout bold (or OF. estout bold, proud, of Teutonic origin); akin to AS. stolt, G. stolz, and perh. to E. stilt.]1. Strong; lusty; vigorous; robust; sinewy; muscular; hence, firm; resolute; dauntless. With hearts stern and stout. --Chaucer. A stouter champion never handled sword. --Shak. He lost the character of a bold, stout, magnanimous man. --Clarendon. The lords all stand To clear their cause, most resolutely stout. --Daniel. 2. Proud; haughty; arrogant; hard. [Archaic] Your words have been stout against me. --Mal. iii. 13. Commonly . . . they that be rich are lofty and stout. --Latimer. 3. Firm; tough; materially strong; enduring; as, a stout vessel, stick, string, or cloth. 4. Large; bulky; corpulent. Syn: Stout, Corpulent, Portly. Usage: Corpulent has reference simply to a superabundance or excess of flesh. Portly implies a kind of stoutness or corpulence which gives a dignified or imposing appearance. Stout, in our early writers (as in the English Bible), was used chiefly or wholly in the sense of strong or bold; as, a stout champion; a stout heart; a stout resistance, etc. At a later period it was used for thickset or bulky, and more recently, especially in England, the idea has been carried still further, so that Taylor says in his Synonyms: "The stout man has the proportions of an ox; he is corpulent, fat, and fleshy in relation to his size." In America, stout is still commonly used in the original sense of strong as, a stout boy; a stout pole.Stout
Stout\, n. A strong malt liquor; strong porter. --Swift.
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Language Translation for : stout
Spanish:
sólido, fuerte,
German:
kräftig,
Japanese:
がんじょうな
stout
c.1300, "proud, valiant, strong," from O.Fr. estout "brave, fierce, proud," earlier estolt "strong," from W.Gmc. *stult- "proud, stately" (cf. M.L.G. stolt "stately, proud," Ger. stolz "proud, haughty, arrogant, stately"), from PIE base *stel- "to put, stand." Meaning "strong in body, powerfully built" is attested from c.1386, but has been displaced by the (often euphemistic) meaning "thick-bodied, fat and large," which is first recorded 1804. Original sense preserved in stout-hearted (1552). The noun "strong, dark-brown beer" is first recorded 1677, from the adjective.
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