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stour

adj
/ˈstɔː/UK/ˈstɔɹ/US/ˈstaʊə/UK/ˈstaʊɚ/US/ˈstaʊəɹ/

Etymology

From Middle English store, stoor, stour (“tall, powerful”), from Old English stōr (“tall, great, mighty, strong”), from Proto-West Germanic *stōr, from Proto-Germanic *stōraz, *stōrijaz (“great, big, strong”), from Proto-Indo-European *stā-r-, *stō-r- (“steadfast, firm; standing tall; big, bulky”). Cognates Akin to Scots stour (“tall, large, great, stout”), Saterland Frisian stor (“great, many”), Danish, Swedish and Norwegian stor (“large, great”), Icelandic stórr (“large, tall”), Polish stary (“old, ancient”), Albanian stër- (“big, huge”). Compare also stoor, steer, stately.

  1. derived from *sturmaz✻
  2. derived from *sturm✻
  3. derived from *estorma✻
  4. derived from estour
  5. derived from estur
  6. inherited from stour

Definitions

  1. Tall

    Tall; big; stout.

  2. Strong

    Strong; powerful; hardy; robust; sturdy.

  3. Bold

    Bold; audacious.

  4. ›+ 19 more definitions

    1. Rough in manner

      Rough in manner; stern; austere; ill-tempered.

    2. Rough

      Rough; hoarse; deep-toned; harsh.

    3. Inflexible, stiff.

    4. Resolute

      Resolute; unyielding.

    5. A blowing or deposit of dust

      A blowing or deposit of dust; dust in motion or at rest; dust in general.

    6. Severely

      Severely; strongly.

    7. A stake.

    8. A round of a ladder.

    9. A stave in the side of a wagon.

    10. A large pole by which barges are propelled against the stream

      A large pole by which barges are propelled against the stream; a poy.

    11. An armed battle or conflict.

      • Then there began a passyng harde stoure, for the Romaynes ever wexed ever bygger.
      • This pair, who past have many a dreadful stour, / And proffer now to prove this venture stout, / Alone to this attempt let them go forth, / Alone than thousands of more price and worth.
      • "Travel shall I and woo; Plight me shall I a flower; Try shall I my sword so good, To my weal or my woe in the stour."

    12. A time of struggle or stress.

      • Then gan she waile and weepe, to see that woefull stowre.

    13. Tumult, commotion

      Tumult, commotion; confusion.

    14. Alternative form of stoor.

    15. A river in Dorset, England, which flows into the English Channel at Christchurch.

    16. A river in Kent, England, running from the confluence of the Great Stour and Little Stour…

      A river in Kent, England, running from the confluence of the Great Stour and Little Stour to the English Channel at Pegwell Bay.

    17. A river in Essex and Suffolk, England, flowing into the North Sea at Harwich.

      • The Stour is at its lowest ebb, and the sheen of the flats makes it difficult to tell where ground ends and water begins, out in the bay.

    18. A river in Oxfordshire and Warwickshire, England, which joins the Warwickshire Avon near…

      A river in Oxfordshire and Warwickshire, England, which joins the Warwickshire Avon near Stratford-on-Avon.

    19. A river in Staffordshire, West Midlands, and Worcestershire, England, which flows into…

      A river in Staffordshire, West Midlands, and Worcestershire, England, which flows into the River Severn.

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