different between stout vs valiant

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 vailaunt (“having or showing courage or valour, valiant; characterized by valour; powerful, strong; person of valour or strength; excellent, worthy; beneficial, useful; valuable; legally valid, binding”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman vaillaunt, vaylant [and other forms], and Old French vailant, vaillant (“brave, valiant; having value, valuable”) [and other forms], from the present participle of valoir (“to have value; to be worth”), from Latin val?re, the present active infinitive of vale? (“to have value; to be worth; to be strong; to have influence or power”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h?welh?- (“powerful, strong; to rule”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?væ.lj?nt/, /?va.l?.?nt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?væ.lj?nt/
• Hyphenation: va?liant, va?li?ant

Adjective

valiant (comparative more valiant, superlative most valiant)

1. Possessing or showing courage or determination; brave, heroic.

   Synonyms: bold, valorous; see also Thesaurus:brave

   Antonyms: see Thesaurus:cowardly
2. Characterized by or done with bravery or valour.

Alternative forms

• valiaunt (obsolete)

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

valiant (plural valiants)

1. (obsolete) A person who acts with valour, showing hero-like characteristics in the midst of danger.

References

Further reading

• valiant (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Latvian, Talivan