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loutishness

loutishness noun: the state or quality of being loutish, of behaving like a lout.

Noun

loutishness (countable and uncountable, plural loutishnesses)

  1. The state or quality of being loutish, of behaving like a lout.
    • Spend the years of learning squandering / Courage for the years of wandering / Through a world politely turning / From the loutishness of learning.1932-34, Samuel Beckett, "Gnome", Dublin Magazine
    • 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

Forms of loutishness

pluralloutishnesses

Origin of loutishness

From loutish + -ness.

Questions about loutishness

What does loutishness mean?
Loutishness means the state or quality of being loutish, of behaving like a lout.
What part of speech is loutishness?
Loutishness is a noun.
What is the plural of loutishness?
The plural of loutishness is loutishnesses.

Words near loutishness in the dictionary

  1. Louthan
  2. Louthans
  3. louting
  4. loutish
  5. loutishly
  6. loutishness
  7. loutishnesses
  8. Louto
  9. loutrophoroi
  10. loutrophoros
  11. louts

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