lout

¹lout

intransitive verb \ˈlau̇t\

Definition of LOUT

1

: to bow in respect

2

: submit, yield

Origin of LOUT

Middle English, from Old English lūtan; akin to Old Norse lūta to bow down

First Known Use: before 12th century

Rhymes with LOUT

bout, clout, doubt, drought, flout, glout, gout, grout, knout, kraut, out, pout, rout, route, scout, shout, snout, spout, sprout, stout, tout, trout

²lout

noun

Definition of LOUT

: an awkward brutish person

Examples of LOUT

1. <watch where you're going, you big lout!>
2. <Howard's rude behavior at the country club earned him a reputation as a lout.>

Origin of LOUT

perhaps from ¹lout

First Known Use: 1542

Related to LOUT

Synonyms

clod, clodhopper, gawk, hulk, oaf, lubber, lug, lump, Neanderthal, palooka

Related Words

chump, loser, schlemiel (also shlemiel), turkey; slouch; airhead, birdbrain, blockhead, blunderer, bonehead, bubblehead, chowderhead, chucklehead, clodpoll (or clodpole), clot [British], cluck, clunk, cuddy (or cuddie) [British dialect], deadhead, dim bulb [slang], dimwit, dip, dodo, dolt, donkey, doofus [slang], dope, dork [slang], dullard, dumbbell, dumbhead, dum-dum, dummkopf, dummy, dunce, dunderhead, fathead, galoot [slang], gander, golem, goof, goon, half-wit, hammerhead, hardhead, idiot, ignoramus, imbecile, jackass, know-nothing, knucklehead, lamebrain, loggerhead [chiefly dialect], loon, lump, lunkhead, meathead, mome [archaic], moron, mug [chiefly British], mutt, natural, nimrod [slang], nincompoop, ninny, ninnyhammer, nit [chiefly British], nitwit, noddy, noodle, numskull (or numbskull), pinhead, prat [British], ratbag [chiefly Australian], saphead, schlub (also shlub) [slang], schnook [slang], simp, simpleton, stock, stupe, stupid, thickhead, turkey, woodenhead, yahoo, yo-yo; anthropoid, ape, beast, boor, brute, cad, churl, clown, creep, cretin, cur, heel, louse, skunk, snake, stinker, tyke (also tike) [chiefly British], villain; booby, fool, goose, loony (also looney), lunatic, madman, nut; featherbrain, scatterbrain; rascal, rogue, scamp

Near Antonyms

brain, brainiac, egghead, genius, intellectual, sage, thinker, whiz, wizard

³lout

transitive verb

Definition of LOUT

: to treat as a lout : scorn

First Known Use of LOUT

circa 1530