LOUTS

Noun

louts

plural of lout

Verb

louts

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lout

Anagrams

• Lotus, lotus, tolus

Source: Wiktionary


LOUT

Lout, v. i. Etym: [OE. louten, luten, AS. l; akin to Icel. l, Dan. lude, OHG. l to lie hid.]

Definition: To bend; to box; to stoop. [Archaic] Chaucer. Longfellow. He fair the knight saluted, louting low. Spenser.

Lout, n. Etym: [Formerly also written lowt.]

Definition: A clownish, awkward fellow; a bumpkin. Sir P. Sidney.

Lout, v. t.

Definition: To treat as a lout or fool; to neglect; to disappoint. [Obs.] Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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