lout

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Synonyms 1.2.1.2 Related terms 1.2.1.3 Translations 1.2.2 See also 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Verb 1.4 References

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /laʊt/

  Rhymes: -aʊt

[edit] Etymology 1

Of dialectal origin, cf. Middle English louten "to bow, bend low, stoop over" from Old English lūtan from Proto-Germanic *leut. Cognate with Old Norse lútr (“‘stooping’”), Gothic 𐌻𐌿𐍄𐌾𐌽 (luton), “‘to deceive’”). Non-Germanic cognates are probably Old Church Slavonic лоудити (luditi), “‘to deceive’”)^[1] and Serbo-Croatian луд (lud).

[edit] Noun

lout (plural louts)

1. Troublemaker, often violent.
2. A clownish, awkward fellow; a bumpkin.

[edit] Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:troublemaker

[edit] Related terms

• lager lout

[edit] Translations

[edit] See also

• hooligan
• thug
• yob, yobbo

[edit] Etymology 2

Old English lūtan, from Germanic. Cognate with Old Norse lúta, Danish lude (“‘to bend’”), Norwegian lute (“‘stoop’”), Swedish luta.

[edit] Verb

to lout (third-person singular simple present louts, present participle louting, simple past and past participle louted)

1. (intransitive, archaic) To bend, bow, stoop.
   • 1885: He took the cup in his hand and, louting low, returned his best thanks — Sir Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, vol. 1

[edit] References

• Notes:

1. ^ “lout” in the Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper, 2001