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Meaning of LOUTISH

Pronunciation:  'lawtish

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance; "was boorish and insensitive"; "the loutish manners of a bully"; "her stupid oafish husband"; "aristocratic contempt for the swinish multitude"
 
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 Synonyms: boorish, neandertal, neanderthal, oafish, swinish, unrefined
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Lout"ish\, a.
Clownish; rude; awkward. ``Loutish clown.'' --Sir P. Sidney.
-- {Lout"ish*ly}, adv. -- {Lout"ish*ness}, n.
 
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