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loutsome

adj

Etymology

From lout + -some.

  1. derived from *lūtēn✻ — “to be hidden, be concealed”
  2. derived from lūtian — “to lurk, skulk”
  3. derived from louten — “to hide, lurk”
  4. derived from *lūtaną✻ — “to bow down, lout”
  5. derived from *lūtan✻
  6. derived from lūtan — “to bow, bend forward, stoop”
  7. derived from louten — “to bow, bend low, stoop over”
  8. suffixed as loutsome — “lout + some”

Definitions

  1. Characteristic or typical of a lout

    • I am at a loss to know what I shall do for spills when she marries the loutsome young hobbledehoy.
    • They were a loutsome source of irritation and responsible for much septic poisoning.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA