smout

English

Noun

smout (plural smouts)

1. (dated, slang) A printer who does short-term work in various offices.

Verb

smout (third-person singular simple present smouts, present participle smouting, simple past and past participle smouted)

1. (dated, intransitive) To do occasional work.

Anagrams

• Musto, Mutos, motus

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɑu̯t

Etymology

From Middle Dutch smout (“melted animal fat, oil”), from Old Dutch *smalt, from Proto-Germanic *smaltą.

Noun

smout n (plural smouten, diminutive smoutje n)

1. melted and solidified animal fat
2. any type of melted and solidified fat
3. (rare) any type of oil
4. type of melted and solidified lard, often sweetened with sugar or another additive, used as bread spread

Synonyms

• (melted and solidified animal fat): reuzel
• (oil): olie
• (lard): reuzel

Derived terms

• smouten
• smoutig
• gesmout
• smoutenbol

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Middle Dutch

Etymology

from Old Dutch *smalt, from Proto-Germanic *smaltą.

Noun

smout n

1. melted animal fat
2. any type of oil or semi-liquid fat

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: smout
• West Flemish: smout

Further reading

• “smout”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “smout (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

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West Flemish

Etymology

From Middle Dutch smout (“melted animal fat, oil”), from Old Dutch *smalt, from Proto-Germanic *smaltą.

Noun

smout n

1. type of melted and solidified lard, often sweetened with sugar or another additive, used as bread spread
2. melted and solidified animal fat

Derived terms

• smoutzochte
• smoutn