Lout

Merriam-Webster’sWord of the Day
September 16

\LOUT\
noun

Meaning
: an awkward brutish person

Example Sentence
Because the drunken louts behind her at the hockey game had pushed her to the brink, Brianna bludgeoned them with a stuffed Maverick mascot.

Did you know?
“Lout” belongs to the large group of words we use to indicate an undesirable person, a boor, a bumpkin, a dolt, a clod. We’ve used “lout” in this way since the mid-1500s. As early as the 800s, however, “lout” functioned as a verb with the meaning “to bow in respect.” No one is quite sure how the verb sense developed into a noun meaning “a brutish person.” Perhaps the awkward posture of one bowing down led over time to the idea that the person was personally low and awkward as well.

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