louts

Noun

lout (plural louts)

1. A troublemaker, often violent; a rude violent person; a yob.
   • But the lout looked only to his market, and was not easily repulsed. “He’s there, I tell you,” he persisted. “And for threepence I’ll get you to see him. Come on, your honour! It’s many a Westminster election I’ve seen, and beer running, from Mr. Fox,[…]when maybe it’s your honour’s going to stand!...1906, Stanley J[ohn] Weyman, “The Dissolution”, in Chippinge Borough, New York, N.Y.: McClure, Phillips & Co., →OCLC, page 6

   Synonyms:

   agitator, bad boy, bad news, bear, beggar, bhoy, blackguard, booger, boot boy, bovver boy

2. A clownish, awkward fellow; a bumpkin.
   • The faire Pamela, whose noble hart I finde doth greatly disdaine, that the trust of her vertue is reposed in such a louts hands, as Dametas, had yet to shew an obedience, taken on a shepeardish apparell[…]c. 1580 (date written), Philippe Sidnei [i.e., Philip Sidney], “(please specify the folio)”, in [Fulke Greville; Matthew Gwinne; John Florio], editors, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia [The New...

   Synonyms:

   bogan, boor, bumpkin, chawbacon, chuff, churl, clenchpoop, clown, cornball, jay

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