Definitions for lout

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Spelling: [lout]
IPA: /laʊt/

Lout is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 4 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 6 points.

You can make 28 anagrams from letters in lout (lotu).

Definitions for lout

noun

  1. an awkward, stupid person; clumsy, ill-mannered boor; oaf.

verb (used with object)

  1. to flout; treat with contempt; scorn.

verb (used with or without object)

  1. to bend, stoop, or bow, especially in respect or courtesy.

Origin of lout

First recorded in 1540-50; perhaps special use of lout2

Examples for lout

He interrupted the objection of a high noble with, "Be silent, lout!"

And I thought it was that crockery smashing goat of a lout of a cow-puncher.

And he stood, something of a lout, with nervous hands upon his hips.

He was the head of the school when I, the elder, was a lout in the lower fourth.

But in Sarria's mind, the lout was an object of affection, sincere, unquestioning.

He said of his country: That lout comes to a knowledge of his wants too late.

A strange matter to discuss with a lout, but he was so wonderful a listener!

The lout was in clover; nothing could have suited him so well.

She yelled; and the knights, laughing, took the lout, And thrust him from the gate.

I saw that the lout was astonished not to hear the lamentations he expected.

Word Value for lout
Scrable

4

Words with friends

6

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