What does "lout" mean?
Lout: To bend; to box; to stoop. [Archaic] Chaucer. Longfellow. He fair the knight saluted, louting low. Spenser.
Additional senses
- 2.A clownish, awkward fellow; a bumpkin. Sir P. Sidney.
- 3.To treat as a lout or fool; to neglect; to disappoint. [Obs.] Shak.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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