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# lout

«lout» in Mova's school dictionary: **a rude, clumsy, stupid young man who behaves badly** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (louts)

### meaning for a pupil

A lout is a rude, clumsy, stupid young man who behaves badly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lout/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in tales, a rude fellow who insults the hero or cheats the poor

### examples

- The lout pushed past the old lady. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lout/#x1)
- Don't be such a lout! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lout/#x2)
- The louts threw stones at the dog. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lout/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «lout» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lout/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.