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noun
- 1. an uncouth and aggressive man or boy: "he ended up brawling with a lout outside a curry house"
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Lout belongs to a large group of words that we use to indicate a particular sort of offensive and insensitive person, that group also including such terms as boor, oaf, jerk, and churl. We've used lout in this way since the mid-1500s.
LOUT definition: 1. a young man who behaves in a very rude, offensive, and sometimes violent way: 2. a young man…. Learn more.
Lout definition: an awkward, stupid person; clumsy, ill-mannered boor; oaf.. See examples of LOUT used in a sentence.
LOUT meaning: 1. a young man who behaves in a very rude, offensive, and sometimes violent way: 2. a young man…. Learn more.
A lout is a clumsy, awkward oaf. If you want to insult the person who just stepped on your toes and belched, say, "Watch where you're going, you lout!"
If you describe someone as a lout, you are critical of them because they behave in an impolite or aggressive way.
Definition of lout noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Synonyms for LOUT: hulk, loser, idiot, lump, moron, stupid, mutt, oaf; Antonyms of LOUT: brain, genius, intellectual, thinker, sage, wizard, whiz, brainiac
Define lout. lout synonyms, lout pronunciation, lout translation, English dictionary definition of lout. n. An awkward and stupid person; an oaf. intr.v. lout·ed , lout·ing , louts 1. To bow or curtsy. 2. To bend or stoop. American Heritage® Dictionary of the...
Origin of Lout. Of dialectal origin, compare Middle English louten "to bow, bend low, stoop over" from Old English lÅ«tan from Proto-Germanic *leut-. Cognate with Old Norse lútr (“stooping" ), Gothic 𐌻𐌿𐍄𐌾𐌽 (luton, “to deceive" ).
