[syn: hardy, stalwart, stout, sturdy]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
stout \stout\, n.
A strong, dark malt brew having a higher percentage of hops
than porter; strong porter; a popular variety sold in the U.
S. is Guinness' stout. --Swift.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Stout \Stout\ (stout), a. [Compar. Stouter (stout"[~e]r);
superl. Stoutest.] [D. stout bold (or OF. estout bold,
proud, of Teutonic origin); akin to AS. stolt, G. stolz, and
perh. to E. stilt.]
1. Strong; lusty; vigorous; robust; sinewy; muscular; hence,
firm; resolute; dauntless.
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With hearts stern and stout. --Chaucer.
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A stouter champion never handled sword. --Shak.
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He lost the character of a bold, stout, magnanimous
man. --Clarendon.
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The lords all stand
To clear their cause, most resolutely stout.
--Daniel.
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2. Proud; haughty; arrogant; hard. [Archaic]
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Your words have been stout against me. --Mal. iii.
13.
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Commonly . . . they that be rich are lofty and
stout. --Latimer.
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3. Firm; tough; materially strong; enduring; as, a stout
vessel, stick, string, or cloth.
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4. Large; bulky; corpulent.
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Syn: Stout, Corpulent, Portly.
Usage: Corpulent has reference simply to a superabundance or
excess of flesh. Portly implies a kind of stoutness or
corpulence which gives a dignified or imposing
appearance. Stout, in our early writers (as in the
English Bible), was used chiefly or wholly in the
sense of strong or bold; as, a stout champion; a stout
heart; a stout resistance, etc. At a later period it
was used for thickset or bulky, and more recently,
especially in England, the idea has been carried still
further, so that Taylor says in his Synonyms: "The
stout man has the proportions of an ox; he is
corpulent, fat, and fleshy in relation to his size."
In America, stout is still commonly used in the
original sense of strong as, a stout boy; a stout
pole.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
stout
adj 1: dependable; "the stalwart citizens at Lexington"; "a
stalwart supporter of the UN"; "stout hearts" [syn:
stalwart, stout]
2: euphemisms for `fat'; "men are portly and women are stout"
[syn: portly, stout]
3: having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or
hardships; "hardy explorers of northern Canada"; "proud of
her tall stalwart son"; "stout seamen"; "sturdy young
athletes" [syn: hardy, stalwart, stout, sturdy]
n 1: a strong very dark heavy-bodied ale made from pale malt and
roasted unmalted barley and (often) caramel malt with hops
2: a garment size for a large or heavy person
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
151 Moby Thesaurus words for "stout":
adamantine, adipose, athletic, beefy, big, big-bellied, bloated,
blowzy, bold, bold-spirited, bosomy, bouncing, brave, brawny,
bulky, burly, buxom, chivalric, chivalrous, chubby, chunky,
corpulent, courageous, dauntless, dense, distended, doughty, dumpy,
durable, enduring, fat, fattish, fearless, firm, firm as Gibraltar,
fleshy, flush, forceful, forcible, forcy, full, full-blooded,
full-strength, gallant, greathearted, gross, gutsy, gutty, hale,
hale and hearty, hard, hard as nails, hardy, healthy, hearty,
heavy, heavyset, hefty, heroic, herolike, hippy, hulking, husky,
imposing, indomitable, infrangible, intrepid, invincible,
iron-hard, ironhearted, knightlike, knightly, lasting, lionhearted,
lusty, made of iron, manful, manly, massive, meaty, mighty, nervy,
obese, obstinate, overweight, paunchy, plenitudinous, plucky,
plump, podgy, portly, potbellied, potent, powerful, pudgy, puffy,
puissant, pursy, red-blooded, resolute, rigid, robust, robustious,
robustuous, roly-poly, rotund, rude, rugged, soldierlike,
soldierly, solid, sound, square, squat, squatty, stable, stalwart,
staunch, steadfast, steady, steely, stocky, stouthearted,
strapping, strong, strong as brandy, strong as strong,
strong-willed, sturdy, substantial, swollen, tenacious,
thick-bodied, thickset, top-heavy, tough, tubby, unbreakable,
undaunted, unyielding, valiant, valorous, vigorous, vital, weighty,
well-built, well-constructed, well-fed, well-founded,
well-grounded, well-made
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):
Stout, IA -- U.S. city in Iowa
Population (2000): 217
Housing Units (2000): 77
Land area (2000): 0.311199 sq. miles (0.806001 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.311199 sq. miles (0.806001 sq. km)
FIPS code: 75720
Located within: Iowa (IA), FIPS 19
Location: 42.527131 N, 92.711383 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Stout, IA
Stout