stout
A dark and strong malt brew made with toasted grainA dark and strong malt brew made with toasted grain.
» My uncle is slender, but my aunt is stout.
Мій дядько худорлявий, а моя тітка гладка.
Meaning
7 sensesA dark and strong malt brew made with toasted grain.
Stout is darker, stronger and sweeter than porter beer.
a strong very dark heavy-bodied ale made from pale malt and roasted unmalted barley and (often) caramel malt with hops
A serving of this beer.
An obese person.
a garment size for a large or heavy person
A large clothing size.
Gnat.
Gadfly.
(dialectal)Firefly or miller (moth).
Examples
18 sentencesMy uncle is slender, but my aunt is stout.
Мій дядько худорлявий, а моя тітка гладка.
Irish stout is the best beer.
deIrisches Stout ist das beste Bier.
The defenders put up a stout resistance.
He looked small beside my father's stout body.
The stout man got into a cab in haste.
deDer korpulente Mann stieg hastig in ein Taxi ein.
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
From Middle English stoute, from Old French estout (“brave, fierce, proud”) (Modern FrenchFrom Middle English stoute, from Old French estout (“brave, fierce, proud”) (Modern French dialectal stout (“proud”)), from earlier Old French estolt (“strong”), from Frankish *stolt, *stult (“bold, proud”), from Proto-Germanic *stultaz (“bold, proud”), from Proto-Indo-European *stel- (“to put, stand”).
From Middle English stout, from Old English stūt (“gnat; midge”).
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