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The definition of a lout is a person without social manners.

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An example of a lout is a man who picks fights for no reason in a bar.

See lout in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

an awkward, ill-mannered person; boor

Origin: prob. < or akin to ME lutien, to lurk < OE lutian, akin to lutan: see lout

transitive verb

Obsolete to treat with contempt; flout

Related Forms:

loutish adjective
loutishly adverb
loutishness noun

intransitive verb, transitive verb

Now Chiefly Dial. to bow or curtsy; stoop

Origin: ME louten < OE lutan: for IE base see little

See lout in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

An awkward and stupid person; an oaf. See Synonyms at boor.

Origin:

Origin: Possibly from lout²

intransitive verb lout·ed, lout·ing, louts

To bow or curtsy.
To bend or stoop.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English louten

Origin: , from Old English lūtan

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