lout en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
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- /lʌʊt/ (Canada)
- /laʊt/
Etymology
Of dialectal origin, likely derived from Middle English louten (“to bow, bend low, stoop over”), from Old English lūtan (“to bow, bend forward, stoop”), from Proto-West Germanic *lūtan, from Proto-Germanic *lūtaną (“to bow down, lout”). Alternatively, derived from Middle English louten (“to hide, lurk”), from Old English lūtian (“to lurk, skulk”), from Proto-West Germanic *lūtēn (“to be hidden, be concealed”). Compare Old Norse lútr (“stooping”), Gothic 𐌻𐌿𐍄𐍉𐌽 (lutōn, “to deceive”). Non-Germanic cognates are probably Old Church Slavonic лоудити (luditi, “to deceive”), Serbo-Croatian lud and Albanian lut (“to beg, pray”).
Meanings
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A troublemaker, often violent; a rude violent person; a yob.
You see louts fresh from school kicking grey-haired servants.
1934 October, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter 5, in Burmese Days, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, →OCLC:But the lout looked only to his market, and was not easily repulsed. “He’s there, I tell you,” he persisted. “And for threepence I’ll get you to see him. Come on, your honour! It’s many a Westminster election I’ve seen, and beer running, from Mr. Fox,[…]when maybe it’s your honour’s going to stand! Anyway, it’s, Down with the mongers!”
1906, Stanley J[ohn] Weyman, “The Dissolution”, in Chippinge Borough, New York, N.Y.: McClure, Phillips & Co., →OCLC, page 6:
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A clownish, awkward fellow; a bumpkin.
The faire Pamela, whose noble hart I finde doth greatly disdaine, that the trust of her vertue is reposed in such a louts hands, as Dametas, had yet to shew an obedience, taken on a shepeardish apparell[…]
c. 1580 (date written), Philippe Sidnei [i.e., Philip Sidney], “(please specify the folio)”, in [Fulke Greville; Matthew Gwinne; John Florio], editors, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia [The New Arcadia], London: […] [John Windet] for William Ponsonbie, published 1590, →OCLC:Sebaſtian, I haue entertained thee, / Partly that I haue neede of ſuch a youth, / That can with ſome diſcretion doe my buſineſſe: / For ’tis no truſting to yond fooliſh Lowt;
c. 1590–1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Two Gentlemen of Verona”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iv], page 35, column 1:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| louts | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
louty · litter lout · belout · loutish · Lycra lout · loutsome · lager lout · Saga lout
Synonyms
churl · thug · bhoy · brawler · unsophisticate · jackanapes · rogue · enfant terrible · bumpkin · kindle-fire · jokester · knave · prankster · instigator · scamp · cornball · wagpastie · lout · booger · pixie · bully · practical joker · rube · scapegrace · devil · bad news · wrangler · clown · bad boy · minx · punk · tyke · rakeshame · bovver boy · boot boy · bogan · bear · brat · charva · joker · buffoon · boor · roly-poly · shitmonger · miscreant · rowdy · hood · mischief · scoundrel · wag · rapscallion · shit-stirrer · elf · hothead · Tony Lumpkin · chawbacon · yobbo · yob · yokel · rabble rouser · ruffian · shit disturber · yahoo · peasant · lamb · kern · hool · lout · hell-raiser · beggar · hooligan · titivil · rascal · chuff · imp · hoolie · cutup · bugger · makebate · pot stirrer · blackguard · undesirable · tough · kindle-coal · initiator · tearaway · gadfly · lubber · agitator · jay · ne'er-do-well · troublemaker · hoodlum · clenchpoop · breedbate · puck · vandal · inciter · mischief-maker · firebrand · rantipole
Translations (93)
de Hooligan (a rude violent man) · de Störenfried (troublemaker) · gl burdallo (a rude violent man) · gl marán (a rude violent man) · bg непрокопсаник (bumpkin) · nl schurk (troublemaker) · it maldestro (bumpkin) · es zopenco (bumpkin) · cs hrubián (a rude violent man) · gl xoto (a rude violent man) · gl támaro (a rude violent man) · de Rowdy (a rude violent man) · de Unruhestifter (troublemaker) · sv buffel (a rude violent man) · ga cábóg (bumpkin) · fi rähinöitsijä (a rude violent man) · gl saloio (a rude violent man) · gl matulán (a rude violent man) · it zoticone (troublemaker) · ga scabhaitéir (troublemaker) · ga cuilceach (troublemaker) · es salvaje (troublemaker) · de Hanswurst (bumpkin) · bg хулиган (troublemaker) · nb tølper (bumpkin) · nl onbeschofterik (a rude violent man) · de Randalierer (troublemaker) · cs hulvát (a rude violent man) · sh hȕligān (troublemaker) · ga amhas (troublemaker) · pt brutamontes (a rude violent man) · fi rettelöijä (a rude violent man) · gd burraidh (troublemaker) · de Querulant (troublemaker) · es gamberro (troublemaker) · es barra brava (troublemaker) · pt biltre (troublemaker) · it goffo (bumpkin) · de Flegel (troublemaker) · ota چوبان (bumpkin) · gl labrusco (a rude violent man) · bg грубиян (a rude violent man) · nb lømmel (troublemaker) · ga buailtíneach (bumpkin) · sv tölp (bumpkin) · sv drummel (a rude violent man) · ota هودوك (bumpkin) · ga bastún (bumpkin) · nb bondeknøl (bumpkin) · it bifolco (bumpkin) · ga maistín (troublemaker) · it villano (troublemaker) · nl malloot (bumpkin) · fr voyou (troublemaker) · it cafone (troublemaker) · ga bodach (bumpkin) · de Polterer (a rude violent man) · sv tölp (a rude violent man) · fi rettelöijä (troublemaker) · got 𐍃𐌻𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌻𐍃 (troublemaker) · fi riitapukari (a rude violent man) · gl rude (bumpkin) · pt patife (troublemaker) · es zopenca (bumpkin) · sh ху̏лига̄н (troublemaker) · pt bruto (a rude violent man) · fi juntti (bumpkin) · fr malotru (bumpkin) · de Halbstarker (a rude violent man) · gl prosmeiro (bumpkin) · fi moukka (bumpkin) · it zotico (bumpkin) · gl lurdio (a rude violent man) · gl brosmo (a rude violent man) · pt grosso (a rude violent man) · it tanghero (troublemaker) · nl lummel (a rude violent man) · de Rüpel (troublemaker) · cs klacek (a rude violent man) · tr maganda (troublemaker) · de Tölpel (bumpkin) · gl alpabarda (bumpkin) · cs hrubec (a rude violent man) · la gurdus (bumpkin) · bg диване (bumpkin) · de Randalierer (a rude violent man) · ru хулига́н (troublemaker) · hi गुंडा (troublemaker) · fi lurjus (troublemaker) · nl ruziestoker (troublemaker) · de Lümmel (troublemaker) · gl lofa (troublemaker) · cs nevychovanec (a rude violent man)