different between lout vs loutishness
lout
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /la?t/
- (Canada) IPA(key): /l??t/
- Rhymes: -a?t
Etymology 1
Of dialectal origin, likely from Middle English louten (“to bow, bend low, stoop over”) from Old English lutian from Proto-Germanic *lut?n?. Cognate with Old Norse lútr (“stooping”), Gothic ???????????????????? (lut?n, “to deceive”). Non-Germanic cognates are probably Old Church Slavonic ??????? (luditi, “to deceive”), Serbo-Croatian lud and Albanian lut (“to beg, pray”).
Noun
lout (plural louts)
- A troublemaker, often violent; a rude violent person; a yob.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:troublemaker
- A clownish, awkward fellow; a bumpkin.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:bumpkin
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
lout (third-person singular simple present louts, present participle louting, simple past and past participle louted)
- (obsolete, transitive) To treat as a lout or fool; to neglect; to disappoint.
Etymology 2
From Middle English louten, from Old English l?tan, from Proto-Germanic *l?tan?. Cognate with Old Norse lúta, Danish lude (“to bend”), Norwegian lute (“stoop”), Swedish luta.
Verb
lout (third-person singular simple present louts, present participle louting, simple past and past participle louted)
- (intransitive, archaic) To bend, bow, stoop.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, I.i:
- He faire the knight saluted, louting low, / Who faire him quited, as that courteous was [...].
- 1885, Sir Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, vol. 1:
- He took the cup in his hand and, louting low, returned his best thanks [...].
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, I.i:
References
Anagrams
- Toul, tolu, ulto
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loutishness
English
Etymology
loutish +? -ness
Noun
loutishness (countable and uncountable, plural loutishnesses)
- The state or quality of being loutish, of behaving like a lout.
- 1932-34, Samuel Beckett, "Gnome", Dublin Magazine
- Spend the years of learning squandering / Courage for the years of wandering / Through a world politely turning / From the loutishness of learning.
- 1932-34, Samuel Beckett, "Gnome", Dublin Magazine
Translations
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