different between stout vs massive

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)

1. Large; bulky.

   Synonyms: thickset, corpulent, fat

2. (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.

3. (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.

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

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

stout (plural stouts)

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

   Coordinate term: porter

2. 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.

3. 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.

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English stout, from Old English st?t (“gnat; midge”).

Alternative forms

• stoat, stut (dialectal)

Noun

stout (plural stouts)

1. Gnat.

   Synonym: midge

2. 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)

1. naughty, disobedient, mischievous

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

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

• Afrikaans: stout

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English stout.

Noun

stout m or n (uncountable)

1. stout (brew)

   Synonym: stoutbier

Finnish

Noun

stout

1. stout (type of beer)

Declension

Anagrams

• sotut

Spanish

Noun

stout f (plural stouts)

1. stout (beer)

English

Etymology

From Middle English massif, from Middle French massif. The Irish sense is possibly derived from Irish mas (“fine, handsome”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?mæs.?v/
• Rhymes: -æs?v

Adjective

massive (comparative more massive, superlative most massive)

1. Very large in size or extent
2. Very large or bulky and heavy and solid
3. (informal) To a very great extent; total, utter.
   • 2007, Christine Conrad, Mademoiselle Benoir (page 171)

     Notwithstanding Catherine's assurances, I was apprehensive about meeting Denys, worried that I would come off as a massive idiot […]

4. (colloquial) Of particularly exceptional quality or value; awesome.
5. (colloquial, informal, Ireland) outstanding, beautiful

   Your dress is massive, love. Where did you get it?

6. (medicine) Affecting a large portion of the body, or severe.

7. (physics) Having a large mass
8. (physics, of a particle) Possessing mass.

9. (geology) Homogenous, unstructured
   1. (mineralogy) Not having an obvious crystalline structure.

Synonyms

• (of or pertaining to a large mass): bulky, heavy, hefty, substantial, weighty
• (much larger than normal): colossal, enormous, gargantuan, giant, gigantic, great, huge, mahoosive (slang), titanic
• (of great significance or import): consequential, meaningful, overwhelming, significant, weighty
• (of grandeur): awesome, super, excellent, stupendous

Antonyms

• (of or pertaining to a large mass): insubstantial, light
• (much larger than normal): dwarf, little, microscopic, midget, minuscule, pint-sized, tiny, wee
• (of great significance or import): inconsequential, insignificant, piddling, trifling, trivial, unimportant
• (of grandeur): lame, stale, disappointing, crappy
• (of having nonzero mass): massless

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

massive (plural massives)

1. (mineralogy) A homogeneous mass of rock, not layered and without an obvious crystal structure.

   karst massives in western Georgia

2. (MLE, slang) A group of people from a locality, or sharing a collective aim, interest, etc.

   Big up to the Croydon massive!

Anagrams

• mavises

French

Adjective

massive

1. feminine singular of massif

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

massive

1. inflection of massiv:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian

Adjective

massive

1. feminine plural of massivo

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

massive

1. definite singular of massiv
2. plural of massiv

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

massive

1. definite singular of massiv
2. plural of massiv