Louk vs Lout - What's the difference?
louk | lout |
A troublemaker, often violent; a rude violent person; a yob.
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*: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)
(archaic) To bend, bow, stoop.
* 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , I.i:
* 1885 , Sir Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night , vol. 1:
As verbs the difference between louk and lout
is that louk is to weed; pull up weeds or louk can be while lout is (obsolete|transitive) to treat as a lout or fool; to neglect; to disappoint or lout can be (archaic) to bend, bow, stoop.As nouns the difference between louk and lout
is that louk is (obsolete) an accomplice; partner; comrade while lout is a troublemaker, often violent; a rude violent person; a yob.louk
English
Alternative forms
* (l)Etymology 1
From (etyl) louken, lowken, from (etyl) .Etymology 2
From (etyl) louken, from (etyl) . More at (l).Etymology 3
From (etyl) louk, louke, loke, of uncertain origin.Alternative forms
* (l)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)Synonyms
* See also * yobSee also
* hooligan * thug * yob, yobboEtymology 2
(etyl) l?tan'', from Germanic. Cognate with Old Norse , Swedish ''luta .Verb
(en verb)- He faire the knight saluted, louting low, / Who faire him quited, as that courteous was [...].
- He took the cup in his hand and, louting low, returned his best thanks [...].