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Definition of Loutish
1. Adjective. Ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance. "Aristocratic contempt for the swinish multitude"
Similar to: Unrefined
Derivative terms: Boorishness
Definition of Loutish
1. a. Clownish; rude; awkward.
Definition of Loutish
1. Adjective. Resembling a lout. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Loutish
1. clumsy [adj] - See also: clumsy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Loutish
Literary usage of Loutish
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Self-formation; Or, The History of an Individual Mind: Intended as a Guide by Capel Lofft (1846)
"... to take place of loutish indifference. More than all, the rapid and frequent
communication of our ideas had raised our spirits to a glow that diffused ..."
2. A Supplementary English Glossary by Thomas Lewis Owen Davies (1881)
"... with prating how valiant deeds they had done when they ran away.— Sidney,
Arcadia, p. 430. LOU-DOTTEREL, a loutish fool. ... LOB-LIKE, clumsy ; loutish. ..."
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