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Lout Awkward Noun Verb Meaning Brutish Person September

Word lout
Date September 16, 2008
Type noun
Syllables LOUT
Etymology "Lout" belongs to the large group of words we use to indicate an undesirable person, a boor, a bumpkin, a dolt, a clod. We've used "lout" in this way since the mid-1500s. As early as the 800s, however, "lout" functioned as a verb with the meaning "to bow in respect." No one is quite sure how the verb sense developed into a noun meaning "a brutish person." Perhaps the awkward posture of one bowing down led over time to the idea that the person was personally low and awkward as well.
Examples Because the three louts behind him in the movie theater were being loud and obnoxious, Jonah decided to move to another seat.
Definition : an awkward brutish person

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