stout

See also Stout

English

Etymology

From Middle English stout, from Old French estout "brave, fierce, proud" (Modern French dialectal stout "proud"), earlier estolt "strong", from Proto-Germanic *stultaz (“proud, stately, stiff”), from Proto-Germanic *stil-, *stal-, *stul- (“to be solid, stationary, firm, stiff”), from Proto-Indo-European *stel- (“to put, stand”); cognate with Dutch stout 'stout, bold, rash', Low German stolt (“stately, proud”), German stolz (“proud, haughty, arrogant, stately”), Old Norse stoltr "proud" (Danish stolt "proud"). Meaning "strong in body, powerfully built" is attested from 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.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /staʊt/, X-SAMPA: /staUt/

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• Rhymes: -aʊt

Adjective

stout (comparative stouter, superlative stoutest)

1. bold, strong-minded; lusty; vigorous; robust; sinewy; muscular.
2. proud; haughty; arrogant; hard.
3. firm; resolute; dauntless.
4. materially strong, enduring.

   Campers prefer stout vessels, sticks and cloth.

   • 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 4, Lord Stranleigh Abroad^[1]:

     Nothing could be more business-like than the construction of the stout dams, and nothing more gently rural than the limpid lakes, with the grand old forest trees marshalled round their margins … .

5. obstinate.
6. large; bulky, thickset; corpulent, fat.

Derived terms

• stouten
• stouthearted
• stoutish
• stoutly
• stoutness

Translations

lusty, vigorous

• Finnish: jämäkkä (fi), vanttera (fi), lihaksikas (fi)

proud, haughty

• Finnish: koppava (fi), kopea (fi), ylimielinen (fi)

firm, resolute

• Finnish: päättäväinen (fi), luja (fi)

• Russian: прочный (ru) (pročnyj), крепкий (ru) (krepkij)

materially strong

• Finnish: tukeva (fi), kestävä (fi), jämerä (fi), järeä (fi), tanakka (fi)

obstinate — see obstinate

large, bulky, corpulent

• Finnish: pönäkkä (fi), tanakka (fi)

• Greek: μονοκόμματος (el) (monokomatos)
• Maori: pūngerungeru (mi)

Noun

Stout on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

stout, the malt brew

stout (plural stouts)

1. A dark and strong malt brew made with toasted grain.

   Stout is darker, stronger and sweeter than porter beer.

2. A fatso.
3. A large clothing size, for the corpulent

Translations

brew

• Dutch: stout, stoutbier n

• Hungarian: malátasör (hu)

fatso

• Dutch: dikkerd m, dikzak m, vetzak m

large clothing size

• Dutch: grote, (kleding)maat

Anagrams

• touts

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑu̯t

Etymology 1

Germanic (despite a theory linking it to Latin stultus 'stupid, ill-considered, presumptious'),

Adjective

stout (comparative stouter, superlative stoutst)

1. naughty, disobedient, mischievous

   Sinterklaas geeft brave jongens lekkers, zijn Zwarte Piet stoute de roe

   St. Nicholas gives good boys candy, his Black Pete naughty ones the rod

2. high (expectations)
3. (archaic) bold, audacious

Declension

Declension of stout

		positive	comparative	superlative
				attributive	predicative/adverbial
predicative/adverbial		stout	stouter
neuter singular	indefinite	stout	stouter
	definite	stoute	stoutere	stoutste	stoutst, stoutste
common singular		stoute	stoutere	stoutste	stoutste
plural		stoute	stoutere	stoutste	stoutste
partitive		stouts	stouters

Derived terms

• stoutaard m, stouterd m, stouterik m
• stoutheid, stoutigheid
• verstouten (adjective)
• stoutachtig (adjective)
• stoutelijk (adjective)
• stoutaardig (adjective)
• stoutebil m
• stouthals m
• stouthart n
• stouthartig (adjective)
• stoutmoedig (adjective)
• stoutspreker m
• stoutweg

Etymology 2

From English stout, itself cognate with etymology 1 'bold, vigorous'

Noun

stout ? (^??? please provide the plural!, ^??? please provide the diminutive!)

1. The malt brew stout

Synonyms

• stoutbier n