STOUT
portly, stout
(adjective) euphemisms for ‘fat’; “men are portly and women are stout”
stalwart, stout
(adjective) dependable; “the stalwart citizens at Lexington”; “a stalwart supporter of the UN”; “stout hearts”
hardy, stalwart, stout, sturdy
(adjective) 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”
stout
(noun) a garment size for a large or heavy person
stout
(noun) a strong very dark heavy-bodied ale made from pale malt and roasted unmalted barley and (often) caramel malt with hops
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Adjective
stout (comparative stouter, superlative stoutest)
Large; bulky.
Synonyms: thickset, corpulent, fat
(obsolete) Bold, strong-minded.
Synonyms: lusty, vigorous, robust, sinewy, muscular
(obsolete) Proud; haughty.
Synonyms: arrogant, hard, haughty
Firm; resolute; dauntless.
Materially strong, enduring.
Obstinate.
Noun
stout (plural stouts)
(beer) A dark and strong malt brew made with toasted grain.
Coordinate term: porter
An obese person.
A large clothing size.
Etymology 2
Noun
stout (plural stouts)
Gnat.
Synonym: midge
Gadfly.
Synonym: horsefly
Anagrams
• touts
Proper noun
Stout (plural Stouts)
A surname.
Anagrams
• touts
Source: Wiktionary
Stout, a. [Compar. Stouter; superl. Stoutest.] Etym: [D. stout bold
(or OF. estout bold, proud, of Teutonic origin); akin to AS. stolt,
G. stolz, and perh. to E. stilt.]
1. Strong; lusty; vigorous; robust; sinewy; muscular; hence, firm;
resolute; dauntless.
With hearts stern and stout. Chaucer.
A stouter champion never handled sword. Shak.
He lost the character of a bold, stout, magnanimous man. Clarendon.
The lords all stand To clear their cause, most resolutely stout.
Daniel.
2. Proud; haughty; arrogant; hard. [Archaic]
Your words have been stout against me. Mal. iii. 13.
Commonly . . . they that be rich are lofty and stout. Latimer.
3. Firm; tough; materially strong; enduring; as, a stout vessel,
stick, string, or cloth.
4. Large; bulky; corpulent.
Syn.
– Stout, Corpulent, Portly. Corpulent has reference simply to a
superabundance or excess of flesh. Portly implies a kind of stoutness
or corpulence which gives a dignified or imposing appearance. Stout,
in our early writers (as in the English Bible), was used chiefly or
wholly in the sense of strong or bold; as, a stout champion; a stout
heart; a stout resistance, etc. At a later period it was used for
thickset or bulky, and more recently, especially in England, the idea
has been carried still further, so that Taylor says in his Synonyms:
"The stout man has the proportions of an ox; he is corpulent, fat,
and fleshy in relation to his size." In America, stout is still
commonly used in the original sense of strong as, a stout boy; a
stout pole.
Stout, n.
Definition: A strong malt liquor; strong porter. Swift.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition