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 Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2008 4:37 am
lout • LOUT • noun
: an awkward brutish person
Example Sentence:
Because the three louts behind him in the movie theater were being loud and obnoxious, Jonah decided to move to another seat.
Did you know?
"Lout" belongs to the large group of words we use to indicate an undesirable person, a boor, a bumpkin, a dolt, a clod. We've used "lout" in this way since the mid-1500s. As early as the 800s, however, "lout" functioned as a verb with the meaning "to bow in respect." No one is quite sure how the verb sense developed into a noun meaning "a brutish person." Perhaps the awkward posture of one bowing down led over time to the idea that the person was personally low and awkward as well.
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Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 11:48 pm
Young Strephon is the kind of lout
We do not care a fig about!
We cannot say
What evils may
Result in consequence!
But lordly vengeance will pursue
All kinds of common people who
Oppose our views,
Or boldly choose
To offer us offence.
(We will not wait,) You needn't wait ,
Away you fly!
(We go sky high! ) Your threatened hate
We thus defy!
(Our threatened hate)
You needn't wait
(You)
(won't)
(defy! ) Away you fly!
Your threatened hate
We thus, we thus defy!
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