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Synonyms for lout

Grammar : Noun
Spell : lout
Phonetic Transcription : laÊŠt

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Définition of lout

Origin :
  • 1540s, "awkward fellow, clown, bumpkin," perhaps from a dialectal survival of Middle English louten (v.) "bow down" (c.1300), from Old English lutan "bow low," from Proto-Germanic *lut- "to bow, bend, stoop" (cf. Old Norse lutr "stooping," which might also be the source of the modern English word), from PIE *leud- "to lurk" (cf. Gothic luton "to deceive," Old English lot "deceit), also "to be small" (see little). Non-Germanic cognates probably include Lithuanian liudeti "to mourn;" Old Church Slavonic luditi "to deceive," ludu "foolish." Sense of "cad" is first attested 1857 in British schoolboy slang.
  • noun boor
Example sentences :
  • He was the head of the school when I, the elder, was a lout in the lower fourth.
  • Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
  • She yelled; and the knights, laughing, took the lout, And thrust him from the gate.
  • Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 12, June 18, 1870 » by Various
  • I saw that the lout was astonished not to hear the lamentations he expected.
  • Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
  • And he stood, something of a lout, with nervous hands upon his hips.
  • Extract from : « Gilian The Dreamer » by Neil Munro
  • The lout was in clover; nothing could have suited him so well.
  • Extract from : « Little Novels of Italy » by Maurice Henry Hewlett
  • A strange matter to discuss with a lout, but he was so wonderful a listener!
  • Extract from : « The Daffodil Mystery » by Edgar Wallace
  • He interrupted the objection of a high noble with, "Be silent, lout!"
  • Extract from : « The Story of Russia » by R. Van Bergen, M.A.
  • But in Sarria's mind, the lout was an object of affection, sincere, unquestioning.
  • Extract from : « The Octopus » by Frank Norris
  • And I thought it was that crockery smashing goat of a lout of a cow-puncher.
  • Extract from : « The Octopus » by Frank Norris
  • He said of his country: That Lout comes to a knowledge of his wants too late.
  • Extract from : « Lord Ormont and his Aminta, Complete » by George Meredith
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