stout

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From Middle English stout, from Old French estout (“brave, fierce, proud”) (Modern French dialectal stout (“proud”)), from earlier Old French estolt (“strong”), from Frankish *stolt, *stult (“bold, proud”), from Proto-Germanic *stultaz (“bold, proud”), from Proto-Indo-European *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”), Icelandic stoltur (“proud”)). Meaning "strong in body, powerfully built" is attested from c.1386, but has been to a large extent displaced by the 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.

stout (comparative stouter, superlative stoutest)

1. Large; bulky.

   Synonyms: thickset, corpulent, fat

2. (obsolete) Bold, strong-minded.

   Synonyms: lusty, vigorous, robust, sinewy, muscular

   • 1591, William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act III, scene iv]:

     a stouter champion never handled sword.

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     He lost the character of a bold, stout, magnanimous man.

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     The lords all stand / To clear their cause, most resolutely stout.

3. (obsolete) Proud; haughty.

   Synonyms: arrogant, hard, haughty

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Malachi 3:13:

     Your words have been stout against me.

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     Commonly […] they that be rich are lofty and stout.

4. Firm; resolute; dauntless.
5. Materially strong, enduring.

   Campers prefer stout vessels, sticks and cloth.

   • 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 4, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad‎:

     Nothing could be more business-like than the construction of the stout dams, and nothing more gently rural than the limpid lakes, with the grand old forest trees marshalled round their margins … .

6. Obstinate.

stout, the malt brew

stout (plural stouts)

1. (beer) A dark and strong malt brew made with toasted grain.

   Coordinate term: porter

   Stout is darker, stronger and sweeter than porter beer.

2. An obese person.

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3. A large clothing size.

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From Middle English stout, from Old English stūt (“gnat; midge”).

• stoat, stut (dialectal)

stout (plural stouts)

1. Gnat.

   Synonym: midge

2. Gadfly.

   Synonym: horsefly

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From Middle Dutch stout, from Old Dutch *stolt, from Proto-Germanic *stultaz.

stout (comparative stouter, superlative stoutst)

1. naughty, disobedient, mischievous

   Zijn hier nog stoute kindertjes? ― Are there any naughty children here?

2. high (expectations)
3. (archaic) bold, audacious

• stoutaard
• stouterd
• stouterik
• stoutheid
• stoutigheid
• verstouten
• stoutachtig
• stoutelijk
• stoutaardig
• stoutebil
• stouthals
• stouthart
• stouthartig
• stoutmoedig
• stoutspreker
• stoutweg

Borrowed from English stout.

stout m or n (uncountable)

1. stout (brew)

   Synonym: stoutbier

stout

1. stout (type of beer)

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stout f (plural stouts)

1. stout (beer)