loutishness

noun

loutishness

noun

Etymology From loutish + -ness.

1

The state or quality of being loutish, of behaving like a lout.

  • 1932-34, Samuel Beckett, "Gnome", Dublin Magazine Spend the years of learning squandering / Courage for the years of wandering / Through a world politely turning / From the loutishness of learning.
  • True, this is hardly the drink to inspire “Girls Gone Wild” loutishness.2007 February 11, Jonathan Miles, “Saints and Sinners Unite”, in New York Times:

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