adj. & n.
--adj.
1. rather fat; corpulent; bulky.
2 of considerable thickness or strength (a stout stick).
3 brave, resolute, vigorous (a stout fellow; put up stout resistance).
--n. a strong dark beer brewed with roasted malt or barley.
Phrases and idioms:
a stout heart courage, resolve. stout-hearted courageous. stout-heartedly courageously. stout-heartedness courage.
Derivatives:
stoutish adj. stoutly adv. stoutness n.
Etymology: ME f. AF & dial. OF stout f. WG, perh. rel. to STILT