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apout

apout adjective: protruding to form a pout.

Adjective

apout (not comparable)

  1. (especially) Protruding to form a pout.
    • With mouth wide a-pout for a sultry kiss1892, Francis Thompson, “The Poppy” in Wilfrid Meynell (ed.), The Child Set in the Midst by Modern Poets, London: The Leadenhall Press, p. 186
    • Richie cocked his lips apout.1922, James Joyce, Ulysses, London: The Egoist Press, page 261

Origin of apout

From a- + pout.

Questions about apout

What does apout mean?
Apout means protruding to form a pout.
What part of speech is apout?
Apout is an adjective.

Words near apout in the dictionary

  1. apotypic
  2. apotyrosinase
  3. apotyrosinases
  4. apourania
  5. apouranion
  6. apout
  7. Apovian
  8. apovincamine
  9. apovitellenin
  10. apovitellenins
  11. Apovyan

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