2. Mean; contemptible; as, lousy knave. [Vulgar] Such lousy learning as this is. Bale.
LOUT Lout, v. i. Etym: [OE. louten, luten, AS. l; akin to Icel. l, Dan. lude, OHG. l to lie hid.]
Defn: To bend; to box; to stoop. [Archaic] Chaucer. Longfellow.
He fair the knight saluted, louting low. Spenser.
LOUT
Lout, n. Etym: [Formerly also written lowt.]
Defn: A clownish, awkward fellow; a bumpkin. Sir P. Sidney.
LOUT
Lout, v. t.
Defn: To treat as a lout or fool; to neglect; to disappoint. [Obs.]
Shak.
LOUTISH
Lout"ish, a.
Defn: Clownish; rude; awkward. "Loutish clown." Sir P. Sidney.
— Lout"ish*ly, adv.
— Lout"*ish*ness, n.
LOUTOU
Lou*tou", n. Etym: [Native names.] (Zoöl.)