loutish en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈlaʊtɪʃ/
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Etymology
Etymology tree English lout Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -isch English -ish English loutish From lout + -ish.
Meanings
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Resembling a lout (troublemaker or bumpkin).
He was a loutish fellow, much bent in the shoulders, with leggings, which lacked most of the buttons, over his disreputable breeks.
1930 July, John Buchan, “The First Day of the Hegira—The Inn at Watermeeting”, in Castle Gay, Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Houghton Mifflin Company; Cambridge, Mass.: The Riverside Press, →OCLC, page 140:
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Translations (13)
gd gràisgeil (resembling a lout) · sh mangupski (resembling a lout) · de rüpelhaft (resembling a lout) · sh huliganski (resembling a lout) · pl nieokrzesany (resembling a lout) · pl chamski (resembling a lout) · mi tūhourangi (resembling a lout) · ga gamalach (resembling a lout) · bg недодялан (resembling a lout) · el αλανιάρικος (resembling a lout) · bg груб (resembling a lout) · sh nasilan (resembling a lout) · pl prostacki (resembling a lout)