Definition of STOUT

stout

Meanings

Plural: stouts

Noun

  • a strong very dark heavy-bodied ale made from pale malt and roasted unmalted barley and (often) caramel malt with hops
  • a garment size for a large or heavy person
  • A dark and strong malt brew made with toasted grain.
  • An obese person.
  • A large clothing size.
  • Gnat.
  • Gadfly.
  • Firefly or miller (moth).

Adjective Satellite

  • dependable
    • "stout hearts"
  • euphemisms for `fat'
    • "men are portly and women are stout"
  • having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships
    • "stout seamen"

Adj

  • Large; bulky.
  • Bold, strong-minded.
  • Proud; haughty.
  • Firm; resolute; dauntless.
  • Materially strong, enduring.
  • Obstinate.

Verb

  • To be bold or defiant.
  • To persist, endure.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English stoute, from Old French estout (“brave, fierce, proud”) (Modern French dialectal stout (“proud”)), from earlier Old French estolt (“strong”), from Frankish *stolt, *stult (“bold, proud”), from Proto-Germanic *stultaz (“bold, proud”), from Proto-Indo-European *stel- (“to put, stand”).
Cognate with Dutch stout (“stout, bold, naughty”), Low German stolt (“stately, proud”), German stolz (“proud, haughty, arrogant, stately”), Old Norse stoltr (“proud”) (Danish stolt (“proud”), Icelandic stoltur (“proud”)).
Meaning "strong in body, powerfully built" is attested from First attested in c. 1386, but has been to a large extent displaced by the 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.

Scrabble Score: 5

stout is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
stout is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
stout is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 6

stout is a valid Words With Friends word