stout
Betekenis (Engels)
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- Large; bulky.
- (obsolete) Bold, strong-minded.
- (obsolete) Proud; haughty.
- Firm; resolute; dauntless.
- Materially strong, enduring.
- Obstinate.
Concepten
Synoniemen
short and fat
grow fat
well-fleshed
prowessful
qui signifient grand
dark beer
porter’s ale
well-developed
become full
haught
square-built
Frequentie
Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/staʊt/
Etymologie (Engels)
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 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.
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