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Word entry · 5 letters

stout

Best crossword clue

"Strong and solid"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /staʊt/Part of speech adjective, nounSorted osttuStarts with SEnds with T2 cluesCommon crossword word
1S2T3O4U5T

Definitions

  1. euphemisms for ‘fat’

Word origin

From 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”).

Used in a sentence

  • Yossarian walked out of the office and down the stairs into the dark, tomblike street, passing in the hall the stout woman with warts and two chins, who was already on her way back in.
  • Art thou but Captaine of a thouſand horſe, That by Characters grauen in thy browes, And by thy martiall face and ſtout aſpect, Deſeru’ſt to haue the leading of an hoſte?
  • a stouter champion never handled sword.

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Strong and solid5 letters
02Dark beer5 letters

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