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Added 9 October 2026

stout

/staʊt/ noun

In Latin: crassus Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about stout at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A strong very dark heavy-bodied ale made from pale malt and roasted unmalted barley and (often) caramel malt with hops.
A garment size for a large or heavy person.

adjective

Dependable.
the stalwart citizens at Lexington
Euphemisms for `fat'.
men are portly and women are stout
Having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships.
hardy explorers of northern Canada

Origin

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" was first attested in c.

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