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STOUT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A garment size for a large or heavy person
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 hops
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)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Euphemisms for 'fat'
Example:
men are portly and women are stout
Synonyms:
portly; stout
Classified under:
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:
Dependable
Example:
stout hearts
Synonyms:
stalwart; stout
Classified under:
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 hardships
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)
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)
