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stout (stout)

adj. stout·er, stout·est

1. Having or marked by boldness, bravery, or determination; firm and resolute.

2. Strong in body; sturdy.

3. Strong in structure or substance; solid or substantial.

4. Bulky in figure; thickset or corpulent. See Synonyms at fat.

5. Powerful; forceful.

6. Stubborn or uncompromising: put up stout resistance to the proposal.

a. A thickset or corpulent person.

b. A garment size for a large or heavy figure.

2. A strong, very dark beer or ale.

[Middle English, from Old French estout, of Germanic origin; see stel- in Indo-European roots.]

stoutish adj.

stoutly adv.

stoutness n.

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stoutish

adj person etc → ziemlich dick, korpulent (geh, euph)

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stout	Janet is a dear soul and very nicelooking; tall, but not over-tall; stoutish, yet with a certain restraint of outline suggestive of a thrifty soul who is not going to be overlavish even in the matter of avoirdupois. Anne of The Island by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context In the meantime the captain, whom I had observed to be wonderfully swollen about the chest and pockets, had turned out a great many various stores--the British colours, a Bible, a coil of stoutish rope, pen, ink, the log-book, and pounds of tobacco. Treasure Island by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context He was a man obviously on the way towards sixty, very florid and hairy, with much gray in his bushy whiskers and thick curly hair, a stoutish body which showed to disadvantage the somewhat worn joinings of his clothes, and the air of a swaggerer, who would aim at being noticeable even at a show of fireworks, regarding his own remarks on any other person's performance as likely to be more interesting than the performance itself. Middlemarch by Eliot, George View in context	storybook storyline storyteller storywriter stoss stot Stote stotin stotinka stotious stotter stottie stound stoup Stour Stourbridge Stourhead stoush stout stout-billed stout-hearted stout-stemmed stouten stouthearted stoutheartedness stoutish stoutly stoutness Stovain stove stove bolt stove enamel Stove plant Stove plate stove poker Stovehouse stovepipe Stovepipe hat stovepipe iron stovepiped stovepipes stovepiping stover stovetop stovies stow stow away stowage stowage diagram stowage factor stowage plan	Stout beer Stout Disc Golf Club stout heart Stout loop technique Stout Technology Transfer Institute Stout Vocational Rehabilitation Institute Stout, Juanita Kidd Stout, Rex stout-billed Stout-hearted Stout-hearted stout-heartedly stout-heartedly stout-heartedness stout-heartedness stout-stemmed stouten stoutened stoutening stoutens stouter stouter stouter stoutest stoutest stoutest stouthearted stoutheartedly stoutheartedness Stouthrieff stoutish stoutly stoutly stoutly stoutly bred stoutness stoutness stoutness stouts stouts stouts StoV Stovain stove stove stove stove bolt stove bolt stove enamel Stove for Cooking, Refrigeration, and Electricity Stove Heating Stove oil Stove oil Stove oil Stove plant Stove plate stove poker stove room Stove Top Stove Top Stove/Refrigerator

Janet is a dear soul and very nicelooking; tall, but not over-tall; stoutish, yet with a certain restraint of outline suggestive of a thrifty soul who is not going to be overlavish even in the matter of avoirdupois.

Anne of The Island by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context

In the meantime the captain, whom I had observed to be wonderfully swollen about the chest and pockets, had turned out a great many various stores--the British colours, a Bible, a coil of stoutish rope, pen, ink, the log-book, and pounds of tobacco.

Treasure Island by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context

He was a man obviously on the way towards sixty, very florid and hairy, with much gray in his bushy whiskers and thick curly hair, a stoutish body which showed to disadvantage the somewhat worn joinings of his clothes, and the air of a swaggerer, who would aim at being noticeable even at a show of fireworks, regarding his own remarks on any other person's performance as likely to be more interesting than the performance itself.

Middlemarch by Eliot, George View in context

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