Stout Definition
Other Word Forms of Stout
Noun
Adjective
Origin of Stout
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From Middle English stout, from Old French estout (“brave, fierce, proud") (Modern French dialectal stout (“proud")), earlier estolt (“strong"), from Proto-Germanic *stultaz (“proud, stately, stiff"), from Proto-Germanic *stil-, *stal-, *stul- (“to be solid, stationary, firm, stiff"), from Proto-Indo-European *stel- (“to put, stand"); cognate with Dutch stout (“stout, bold, rash"), 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 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.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English from Old French estout of Germanic origin stel- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Middle English from Old French estout of Germanic origin stel- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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