loutish

adj

loutish

adj

/ˈlaʊtɪʃ/

Etymology From lout + -ish.

1

Resembling a lout (troublemaker or bumpkin).

  • He was a loutish fellow, much bent in the shoulders, with leggings, which lacked most of the buttons, over his disreputable breeks.1930 July, John Buchan, “The First Day of the Hegira—The Inn at Watermeeting”, in Castle Gay, Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Houghton Mifflin Company; Cambridge, Mass.: The Riverside Press, →OCLC, page 140:
Synonyms
yobbish, hoonish
Derived terms
loutishly, loutishness

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