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Glouted vs Louted - What's the difference?

glouted | louted |

As verbs the difference between glouted and louted

is that glouted is (glout) while louted is (lout).

glouted

English

Verb

(head)
  • (glout)

    • glout

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A sulky look.
  • (obsolete) A stare.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To sulk; to be sulky; to pout.
  • * 1880 , ,
    • "Mehalah!" called Mrs. Sharland. "I will not have you glouting in there any longer. Come out."
  • (obsolete) To stare; to stare gloatingly.
  • * 1769 [1611], , Preface,
    • ... namely that whosoever attempteth any thing for the publike (specially if it pertaine to Religion, and to the opening and clearing of the word of God) the same setteth himselfe upon a stage to be glouted upon by every evil eye, yea, he casteth himselfe headlong upon pikes, to be gored by every sharpe tongue.

    louted

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (lout)

    • Anagrams

    *

    lout

    English

    Etymology 1

    Of dialectal origin, compare Middle English louten'' "to bow, bend low, stoop over" from Old English ''l?tan from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A troublemaker, often violent; a rude violent person; a yob.
  • *
  • *:But the lout looked only to his market, and was not easily repulsed. ΒΆ "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! Anyway, it's, Down with the mongers!"
  • A clownish, awkward fellow; a bumpkin.
  • :(Sir Philip Sidney)
    • Synonyms
    * See also * yob
    Related terms
    * lager lout

    See also

    * hooligan * thug * yob, yobbo

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To treat as a lout or fool; to neglect; to disappoint.
    • (Shakespeare)

    Etymology 2

    (etyl) l?tan'', from Germanic. Cognate with Old Norse , Swedish ''luta .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (archaic) To bend, bow, stoop.
  • * 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , I.i:
    • He faire the knight saluted, louting low, / Who faire him quited, as that courteous was [...].
  • * 1885 , Sir Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night , vol. 1:
    • He took the cup in his hand and, louting low, returned his best thanks [...].

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