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louted

louted is the simple past and past participle of lout.

Meaning of lout

Verb (1)

lout (third-person singular simple present louts, present participle louting, simple past and past participle louted)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To treat as a lout or fool; to neglect; to disappoint.
    • Renowned Talbot doth expect my ayde, / And I am lowted by a Traitor Villaine, / And cannot helpe the noble Cheualier:[…]1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...

Verb (2)

lout (third-person singular simple present louts, present participle louting, simple past and past participle louted)

  1. (archaic, intransitive) To bend, bow, stoop.
    • He faire the knight ſaluted, louting low, / Who faire him quited, as that courteous was[…].1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, page 11

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Questions about louted

What is louted the simple past and past participle of?
Louted is the simple past and past participle of lout.

Words near louted in the dictionary

  1. lousy
  2. lousy evil
  3. lout
  4. loutea
  5. louteas
  6. louted
  7. loutery
  8. Louth
  9. Louth Park
  10. Louthan
  11. Louthans

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