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Definition of Stoutness
1. Noun. The property of being strong and resolute.
2. Noun. The property of excessive fatness.
Generic synonyms: Corpulency, Fleshiness, Obesity
Derivative terms: Corpulent, Overweight, Stout
Definition of Stoutness
1. n. The state or quality of being stout.
Definition of Stoutness
1. Noun. (context: usually uncountable) A state or quality of being stout. ¹
2. Noun. (countable rare) The result or product of being stout. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Stoutness
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Stoutness
Literary usage of Stoutness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1921)
"Arsenic-eaters are stated to be fresh complexioned, with a tendency to stoutness,
to be long-lived, but to die suddenly. The workmen engaged in the ..."
2. American Public Health Protection by Henry Bixby Hemenway, Edwin Frederick Bowers, Mary Sewall Gardner (1916)
"CHAPTER IX SIDE-STEPPING Stoutness AFTER all, Job was never called upon to reduce
his belt measure ten inches. And how much less patient the ill-tempered ..."
3. The Works of Hannah More by Hannah More (1835)
"... hie correctness,— Lady Aston on her austerities ;—to this man who values
himself solely on the stoutness of his orthodoxy ; to another on the firmness ..."
4. A Treatise on Food and Dietetics Physiologically and Therapeutically Considered by Frederick William Pavy (1881)
"... may be looked upon as forming the most fitting opportunity for referring to
the kind of food best suited for increasing and diminishing stoutness. ..."
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