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stout
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sta?t/
- (Canada) IPA(key): /st??t/
- Rhymes: -a?t
Etymology 1
From Middle English stoute, 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, naughty”), 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.
Adjective
stout (comparative stouter, superlative stoutest)
- Large; bulky.
- Synonyms: thickset, corpulent, fat
- (obsolete) Bold, strong-minded.
- Synonyms: lusty, vigorous, robust, sinewy, muscular
- 1609, Samuel Daniel, The Civile Wares
- The lords all stand / To clear their cause, most resolutely stout.
- (obsolete) Proud; haughty.
- Synonyms: arrogant, hard, haughty
- 1552,Hugh Latimer, The Fifth Sermon Preached on the Twenty-Fourth Sunday After Trinity, 1552
- Commonly […] they that be rich are lofty and stout.
- Firm; resolute; dauntless.
- Materially strong, enduring.
- Obstinate.
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
stout (plural stouts)
- (beer) A dark and strong malt brew made with toasted grain.
- Coordinate term: porter
- An obese person.
- 1946, Printers' Ink
- Incidentally the survey pointed up the sad plight of the stylish stouts, today's “forgotten men.” The clothing situation is getting so critical for them that they may have to choose between eating and dressing.
- 1946, Printers' Ink
- A large clothing size.
- 1918, Isidor Rosenfeld, The Practical Designer for Women's and Misses' Underwear - The Study of the Stout Form
- The all-around waist is increased or over-built, according to size, which makes this form a stout.
- 1918, Isidor Rosenfeld, The Practical Designer for Women's and Misses' Underwear - The Study of the Stout Form
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English stout, from Old English st?t (“gnat; midge”).
Alternative forms
- stoat, stut (dialectal)
Noun
stout (plural stouts)
- Gnat.
- Synonym: midge
- Gadfly.
- Synonym: horsefly
Derived terms
- stoat-fly
Further reading
- stout on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- touts
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /st?u?t/
- Hyphenation: stout
- Rhymes: -?u?t
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch stout, from Old Dutch *stolt, from Proto-Germanic *stultaz.
Adjective
stout (comparative stouter, superlative stoutst)
- naughty, disobedient, mischievous
- high (expectations)
- (archaic) bold, audacious
Inflection
Derived terms
Descendants
- Afrikaans: stout
Etymology 2
Borrowed from English stout.
Noun
stout m or n (uncountable)
- stout (brew)
- Synonym: stoutbier
Finnish
Noun
stout
- stout (type of beer)
Declension
Anagrams
- sotut
Spanish
Noun
stout f (plural stouts)
- stout (beer)
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gallant
English
Alternative forms
- gallaunt (obsolete)
Etymology 1
From Middle English galant, galaunt, from Old French galant (“courteous; dashing; brave”), present participle of galer (“to rejoice; make merry”), from gale (“pomp; show; festivity; mirth”); either from Frankish *wala- (“good, well”), from Proto-Germanic *wal-, from Proto-Indo-European *welh?- (“to choose, wish”); or alternatively from Frankish *gail (“merry; mirthful; proud; luxuriant”), from Proto-Germanic *gailaz (“merry; excited; luxurious”), related to Dutch geil (“horny; lascivious; salacious; lecherous”), German geil (“randy; horny; lecherous; wicked”), Old English g?l (“wanton; wicked; bad”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??æl?nt/
- Rhymes: -æl?nt
Adjective
gallant (comparative more gallant, superlative most gallant)
- brave, valiant.
- honorable.
- Captain Edward Carlisle […] felt a curious sensation of helplessness seize upon him as he met her steady gaze, […]; he could not tell what this prisoner might do. He cursed the fate which had assigned such a duty, cursed especially that fate which forced a gallant soldier to meet so superb a woman as this under handicap so hard.
- grand, noble.
- (obsolete) Showy; splendid; magnificent; gay; well-dressed.
- This town [is built in a very gallant place.
Related terms
- gallantly
- gallantry
Translations
Etymology 2
From French
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /???lænt/, /??æl?nt/
- (US) IPA(key): /???l?nt/, /??æl?nt/
- Rhymes: -ænt
Adjective
gallant (comparative more gallant, superlative most gallant)
- Polite and attentive to ladies; courteous to women; chivalrous.
Translations
Noun
gallant (plural gallants)
- (dated) A fashionable young man who is polite and attentive to women.
- 1610, The Tempest, by Shakespeare, act 1 scene 2
- PROSPERO: […] this gallant which thou see'st / Was in the wrack; and but he's something stain'd / with grief,—that beauty's canker,—thou mightst call him / A goodly person […]
- 1610, The Tempest, by Shakespeare, act 1 scene 2
- One who woos, a lover, a suitor, a seducer.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
- […] they were discovered in a very improper manner by the husband of the gypsy, who, from jealousy it seems, had kept a watchful eye over his wife, and had dogged her to the place, where he found her in the arms of her gallant.
- 1819, John Keats, Otho the Great, Act III, Scene II, verses 140–143
- The ignominy of that whisper’d tale / About a midnight gallant, seen to climb / A window to her chamber neighbour’d near, / I will from her turn off, […]
- 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
- (nautical) topgallant
Translations
Verb
gallant (third-person singular simple present gallants, present participle gallanting, simple past and past participle gallanted)
- (obsolete, transitive) To attend or wait on (a lady).
- (obsolete, transitive) To handle with grace or in a modish manner.
References
- gallant in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Welsh
Alternative forms
- gallan (colloquial)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??a?ant/
Verb
gallant
- (literary) third-person plural present/future of gallu
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