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stout

UK/staʊt/ US/stʌʊt/ uncommon archaic obsolete
adjective (3) noun (2)

adjective

1.

dependable

  • “the stalwart citizens at Lexington”
  • “a stalwart supporter of the UN”
  • “stout hearts”
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2.

euphemisms for `fat''

  • “men are portly and women are stout”
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3.

having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships

  • “hardy explorers of northern Canada”
  • “proud of her tall stalwart son”
  • “stout seamen”
  • “sturdy young athletes”
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noun

1.

a strong very dark heavy-bodied ale made from pale malt and roasted unmalted barley and (often) caramel malt with hops

2.

Origin

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" was first attested in 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.

Phrases

  • breakfast stout
  • Day-Stout-Warren algorithm
  • double stout
  • Imperial stout
  • invalid stout
  • milk stout
  • pastry stout
  • stout-legged moa
  • white stout

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