Lout
/laʊt/noun
A rude, awkward, or uncouth person.
Did you know?English lout likely began as a word for a clumsy, bowed-down person, and its older Germanic relatives helped shape words for bending and stooping.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*lutaz
“bent, stooping, or bowed”
Old English
OE
lūtian
“to crouch, bend down, lurk”
Middle English
ME
loute
“to bow, stoop, or act submissively”
14th-15th Century
English
lout
“a crouching or clumsy fellow; a boor”
Modern English
English
lout
“a rude, awkward, or uncouth person”
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