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Definition of Pouting
1. n. Childish sullenness.
Definition of Pouting
1. Verb. (present participle of pout) ¹
2. Noun. An expression or motion that pouts; a pout. ¹
3. Noun. A fish in the cod family (''Gadidae''), ''Trisopterus luscus'' ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pouting
1. pout [v] - See also: pout
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pouting
Literary usage of Pouting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals by Charles Darwin (1913)
"... or disagreeable—Abstracted meditation—Ill-temper—Moroseness—Obstinacy—Sulkiness
and pouting—Decision or determination—The firm closure of the month. ..."
2. A Treatise on the Diseases of Females by William Dewees (1854)
"pouting out of the Navel. pouting out of the navel, if it takes place, only proves
that there is something behind, which makes it protrude; ..."
3. Obstetrics: the science and the art by Charles Delucena Meigs (1852)
"pouting of the navel.—The navel in the non-gravid woman is a deep ... A pouting
of the navel is, therefore, one of the consequences and signs of a pregnancy ..."
4. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1836)
"... laughing witch of a creature in my arms, I imprinted on her glowing"T?heek,
and then on her pouting lips, kisses — that I fear may have burned her, ..."
5. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1836)
"... laughing witch of a creature in my arms, I imprinted on her glowing cheek,
and then on her pouting lips, kisses — that I fear may have burned her, ..."
6. The Medical and Surgical Reporter (1890)
"... inn of the internal os of the cervix, and also of the cervical canal, with
pouting and œdema of the os ..."
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