Definitions for: Stout


[n] a garment size for a large or heavy person
[n] strong dark heavy-bodied porter
[adj] euphemisms for `fat'; "men are portly and women are stout"
[adj] dependable; "the stalwart citizens at Lexington"; "a stalwart supporter of the UN"; "stout hearts"
[adj] having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships; "hardy explorers of northern Canada"; "proud of her tall stalwart son"; "stout seamen"; "sturdy young athletes"



Webster (1913) Definition: Stout, a. [Compar. Stouter; superl. Stoutest.] [D.
stout bold (or OF. estout bold, proud, of Teutonic origin);
akin to AS. stolt, G. stolz, and perh. to E. stilt.]
1. Strong; lusty; vigorous; robust; sinewy; muscular; hence,
firm; resolute; dauntless.

With hearts stern and stout. --Chaucer.

A stouter champion never handled sword. --Shak.

He lost the character of a bold, stout, magnanimous
man. --Clarendon.

The lords all stand To clear their cause, most
resolutely stout. --Daniel.

2. Proud; haughty; arrogant; hard. [Archaic]

Your words have been stout against me. --Mal. iii.
13.

Commonly . . . they that be rich are lofty and
stout. --Latimer.

3. Firm; tough; materially strong; enduring; as, a stout
vessel, stick, string, or cloth.

4. Large; bulky; corpulent.

Syn: Stout, Corpulent, Portly.

Usage: Corpulent has reference simply to a superabundance or
excess of flesh. Portly implies a kind of stoutness or
corpulence which gives a dignified or imposing
appearance. Stout, in our early writers (as in the
English Bible), was used chiefly or wholly in the
sense of strong or bold; as, a stout champion; a stout
heart; a stout resistance, etc. At a later period it
was used for thickset or bulky, and more recently,
especially in England, the idea has been carried still
further, so that Taylor says in his Synonyms: ``The
stout man has the proportions of an ox; he is
corpulent, fat, and fleshy in relation to his size.''
In America, stout is still commonly used in the
original sense of strong as, a stout boy; a stout
pole.


Stout, n.
A strong malt liquor; strong porter.

Synonyms: fat, hardy, portly, resolute, robust, stalwart, sturdy

See Also: Guinness, porter, porter's beer, size

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