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lout

noun
/laʊt//lʌʊt/CA

Etymology

Of dialectal origin, likely derived from Middle English louten (“to bow, bend low, stoop over”), from Old English lūtan (“to bow, bend forward, stoop”), from Proto-West Germanic *lūtan, from Proto-Germanic *lūtaną (“to bow down, lout”). Alternatively, derived from Middle English louten (“to hide, lurk”), from Old English lūtian (“to lurk, skulk”), from Proto-West Germanic *lūtēn (“to be hidden, be concealed”). Compare Old Norse lútr (“stooping”), Gothic 𐌻𐌿𐍄𐍉𐌽 (lutōn, “to deceive”). Non-Germanic cognates are probably Old Church Slavonic лоудити (luditi, “to deceive”), Serbo-Croatian lud and Albanian lut (“to beg, pray”).

  1. derived from *lūtēn✻ — “to be hidden, be concealed”
  2. derived from lūtian — “to lurk, skulk”
  3. derived from louten — “to hide, lurk”
  4. derived from *lūtaną✻ — “to bow down, lout”
  5. derived from *lūtan✻
  6. derived from lūtan — “to bow, bend forward, stoop”
  7. derived from louten — “to bow, bend low, stoop over”

Definitions

  1. A troublemaker, often violent

    A troublemaker, often violent; a rude violent person; a yob.

    • You see louts fresh from school kicking grey-haired servants.

  2. A clownish, awkward fellow

    A clownish, awkward fellow; a bumpkin.

    • The faire Pamela, whose noble hart I finde doth greatly disdaine, that the trust of her vertue is reposed in such a louts hands, as Dametas, had yet to shew an obedience, taken on a shepeardish apparell[…]
    • Sebaſtian, I haue entertained thee, / Partly that I haue neede of ſuch a youth, / That can with ſome diſcretion doe my buſineſſe: / For ’tis no truſting to yond fooliſh Lowt;

  3. To treat as a lout or fool

    To treat as a lout or fool; to neglect; to disappoint.

    • Renowned Talbot doth expect my ayde, / And I am lowted by a Traitor Villaine, / And cannot helpe the noble Cheualier:[…]
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. To bend, bow, stoop.

      • He faire the knight ſaluted, louting low, / Who faire him quited, as that courteous was[…].
      • And the priest devoutly crossed himself, and turned and louted to the alter.
      • He took the cup in his hand and, louting low, returned his best thanks[…].

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA