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", of Germanic origin, from Proto-Germanic *stultaz (“proud, stately, stiff”), from PGmc base *stil-, *stal-, *stul- (“to be solid, stationary, firm, stiff”), from PIE base *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 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.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /staʊt/, 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.

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), крепкий (ru)

materially strong

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

obstinate — see obstinate

large, bulky, corpulent

Finnish: pönäkkä (fi), tanakka (fi)

Noun

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. (obsolete) 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	het stoutst(e)
common singular		stoute	stoutere	stoutste	de stoutste
plural		stoute	stoutere	stoutste	de 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 and diminutive!)

1. The malt brew stout

Synonyms

• stoutbier n.