Category:Stout

Stout, a. [compar. Stouter; superl. Stoutest.] Etym: [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. 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 Stout, n.

Defn: a strong malt liquor; strong porter. Swift.