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- [lout]
- /laʊt/
- /laʊt/
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- [lout]
- /laʊt/
Definitions of lout word
- noun lout an awkward, stupid person; clumsy, ill-mannered boor; oaf. 1
- verb with object lout to flout; treat with contempt; scorn. 1
- noun lout An uncouth or aggressive man or boy. 1
- noun lout yob, coarse man 1
- noun lout coarse, stupid man 1
- noun Definition of lout in Technology Lout is a batch text formatting system and an embedded language by Jeffrey H. Kingston <[email protected]>. The language is procedural, with Scribe-like syntax. Lout features equation formatting, tables, diagrams, rotation and scaling, sorted indexes, bibliographic databases, running headers and odd-even pages and automatic cross-referencing. Lout is easily extended with definitions which are very much easier to write than troff of TeX macros because Lout is a high-level language, the outcome of an eight-year research project that went back to the beginning. Version 2.05 includes a translator from Lout to PostScript and documentation. and runs under Unix and on the Amiga. 1
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Origin of lout
First appearance:
before 1540 One of the 30% oldest English words
First recorded in 1540-50; perhaps special use of lout2
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Parts of speech for Lout
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determiner
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lout popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
lout usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for lout
noun lout
- bumpkin — If you refer to someone as a bumpkin, you think they are uneducated and stupid because they come from the countryside.
- buffoon — If you call someone a buffoon, you mean that they often do foolish things.
- slob — a slovenly or boorish person.
- brute — If you call someone, usually a man, a brute, you mean that they are rough, violent, and insensitive.
- clod — A clod of earth is a large lump of earth.
verb lout
- deride — If you deride someone or something, you say that they are stupid or have no value.
- dissing — to show disrespect for; affront.
- dis — lady; woman.
- dump on — to drop or let fall in a mass; fling down or drop heavily or suddenly: Dump the topsoil here.
- taunt — to reproach in a sarcastic, insulting, or jeering manner; mock.
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