Lout

Pronunciation

• IPA: /laÊŠt/
• Rhymes: -aÊŠt

Of dialectal origin, compare Middle English louten "to bow, bend low, stoop over" from Old English lūtan from Proto-Germanic *leut-. Cognate with Old Norse lútr ("stooping"), Gothic 𐌻𐌿𐍄𐌾𐌽 (luton, "to deceive"). Non-Germanic cognates are probably Old Church Slavonic лоудити (luditi, "to deceive")

Online Etymology Dictionary|lout

, Serbo-Croatian луд and Albanian lut ("to beg, pray").

Full definition of lout

Noun

1. A troublemaker, often violent; a rude violent person; a yob.
2. A clownish, awkward fellow; a bumpkin.

Synonyms

• yob

Related terms

• lager lout

Verb

1. (obsolete, transitive) To treat as a lout or fool; to neglect; to disappoint.

Old English lūtan, from Germanic. Cognate with Old Norse lúta, Danish lude ("to bend"), Norwegian lute ("stoop"), Swedish luta.

Verb

1. (intransitive, archaic) To bend, bow, stoop.
• 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, I.i:He faire the knight saluted, louting low,
  Who faire him quited, as that courteous was ....
• 1885, Sir Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, vol. 1:He took the cup in his hand and, louting low, returned his best thanks ....