lout
Meaning
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- A troublemaker, often violent; a rude violent person; a yob.
- A clownish, awkward fellow; a bumpkin.
Synonyms
stupid person
evil intention
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/laʊt/
Etymology
Of dialectal origin, likely from Middle English louten (“to bow, bend low, stoop over”), from Old English lūtan, from Proto-Germanic *lūtaną. Cognate with Old Norse lútr (“stooping”), Gothic 𐌻𐌿𐍄𐍉𐌽 (lutōn, “to deceive”). Non-Germanic cognates are probably Old Church Slavonic лоудити (luditi, “to deceive”), Serbo-Croatian lud and Albanian lut (“to beg, pray”).
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