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loutsome

loutsome adjective: characteristic or typical of a lout.

Adjective

loutsome (comparative more loutsome, superlative most loutsome)

  1. Characteristic or typical of a lout
    • I am at a loss to know what I shall do for spills when she marries the loutsome young hobbledehoy.1905, Thomas Power O'Connor, Holbrook Jackson, T. P.'s Weekly - Volume 6
    • They were a loutsome source of irritation and responsible for much septic poisoning.2006, Captain H. Raymond Smith, A soldiers Diary

Forms of loutsome

comparativemore loutsome
superlativemost loutsome

Origin of loutsome

From lout + -some.

Questions about loutsome

What does loutsome mean?
Loutsome means characteristic or typical of a lout.
What part of speech is loutsome?
Loutsome is an adjective.

Words near loutsome in the dictionary

  1. loutishnesses
  2. Louto
  3. loutrophoroi
  4. loutrophoros
  5. louts
  6. loutsome
  7. louty
  8. loutza
  9. Loutzenhiser
  10. Loutzenhisers
  11. Louvain

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