stouter

Adjective

stout (comparative stouter, superlative stoutest)

1. Large; bulky.
   • Yossarian walked out of the office and down the stairs into the dark, tomblike street, passing in the hall the stout woman with warts and two chins, who was already on her way back in.1961 November 10, Joseph Heller, “The Eternal City”, in Catch-22 […], New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →OCLC, page 427

   Synonyms:

   thickset, corpulent, fat

2. (obsolete) Bold, strong-minded.
   • Art thou but Captaine of a thouſand horſe,
     That by Characters grauen in thy browes,
     And by thy martiall face and ſtout aſpect,
     Deſeru’ſt to haue the leading of an hoſte?c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC...

   Synonyms:

   lusty, vigorous, robust, sinewy, muscular

3. (obsolete) Proud; haughty.
   • Your words have been stout against me.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Malachi 3:13

   Synonyms:

   arrogant, hard, haughty

4. Firm; resolute; dauntless.
   • "Thin the masther called out Dinny Moran, an' dhragged him up to one o' the Dublin young ladies, an' bid Dinny be stout an' ax her out to dance wid him."1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 517
5. Materially strong, enduring.
   • Campers prefer stout vessels, sticks and cloth.
6. Obstinate.

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