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STOUT

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A garment size for a large or heavy personplay

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("stout" is a kind of...):

size (the property resulting from being one of a series of graduated measurements (as of clothing))

Derivation:

stout (euphemisms for 'fat')

Sense 2

Meaning:

A strong very dark heavy-bodied ale made from pale malt and roasted unmalted barley and (often) caramel malt with hopsplay

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("stout" is a kind of...):

ale (a general name for beer made with a top fermenting yeast; in some of the United States an ale is (by law) a brew of more than 4% alcohol by volume)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "stout"):

Guinness (a kind of bitter stout)

 II. (adjective) 

Comparative and superlative

Comparative: stouter  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Superlative: stoutest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Sense 1

Meaning:

Euphemisms for 'fat'play

Example:

men are portly and women are stout

Synonyms:

portly; stout

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

fat (having an (over)abundance of flesh)

Derivation:

stout (a garment size for a large or heavy person)

stoutness (the property of excessive fatness)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Dependableplay

Example:

stout hearts

Synonyms:

stalwart; stout

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

resolute (firm in purpose or belief; characterized by firmness and determination)

Derivation:

stoutness (the property of being strong and resolute)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardshipsplay

Example:

sturdy young athletes

Synonyms:

hardy; stalwart; stout; sturdy

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

robust (sturdy and strong in form, constitution, or construction)

Derivation:

stoutness (the property of being strong and resolute)

Credits

 Context examples: 

I will have the two archers who rode with us through France, for they are trusty men and of stout heart.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

"You're not grown so very tall, Miss Jane, nor so very stout," continued Mrs. Leaven.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

He grew stouter with each day.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

Stout, active—looks as young as his son.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

No, no, they must get a stout girl of all works.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

And I, Mr. Knightley, am equally stout in my confidence of its not doing them any harm.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

The stout gentleman is stuffing the magazine into his overcoat pocket and looking on curiously.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

I soon fell into the company of some Dutch sailors belonging to the Amboyna, of Amsterdam, a stout ship of 450 tons.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

A member of the Columbidae family of birds with a stout body and short neck.

(Pigeon, NCI Thesaurus)

She was a large, stout woman, always dressed slatternly and always tired from the burdens of her flesh, her work, and her husband.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)




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