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

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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

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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

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