stout

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /staʊt/ UK /staʊt/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
thickset and sturdy, or a dark strong beer

The stout little tugboat hauled the freighter into port.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · thickset and sturdy, or a... sturdy burlystockythickset robust strong portly corpulent

Opposites

slender thin frail slim weak

Word family

Forms stoutishstoutness

Derived forms stoutlystoutness

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Etymology

From Old French 'estout', bold, proud, brave, of Germanic origin (compare Middle Dutch 'stout', bold); the senses shifted from 'brave' to 'strong' to 'thickset'.

estout Old French

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# stout

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /staʊt/
**IPA (UK):** /staʊt/

## Meanings
1. thickset and sturdy, or a dark strong beer

## Examples
- The stout little tugboat hauled the freighter into port.

## Synonyms
- sturdy
- burly
- stocky
- thickset
- robust
- strong
- portly
- corpulent

## Antonyms
- slender
- thin
- frail
- slim
- weak

## Derived Forms
- stoutly
- stoutness

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: estout

## Etymology
From Old French 'estout', bold, proud, brave, of Germanic origin (compare Middle Dutch 'stout', bold); the senses shifted from 'brave' to 'strong' to 'thickset'.

## AI Etymology
Stout is from Old French 'estout', bold, proud, brave, of Germanic origin (compare Middle Dutch 'stout', bold); the senses shifted from 'brave' to 'strong' to 'thickset'. Important recorded forms include estout (Old French). The wording preserves that uncertainty: the older history is best read as a cautious account rather than a fully settled chain. The semantic development is already visible in the history: an older concrete or specialized use was extended into the modern meaning rather than replaced by a separate origin. In current use it covers thickset and sturdy, or a dark strong beer. The wider family includes derived forms such as stoutly and stoutness.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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