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Date: 1500-1600
Origin: Perhaps from Old Norse lutr 'bent down'

lout

 noun
     
lout [countable]
a rude, violent man [= yob]
—loutish adjective:
loutish behaviour
—loutishly adverb
—loutishness noun [uncountable]
➔ lager lout
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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