apout

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adjective

Protruding to form a pout.

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Meanings

adjectiveapout (not comparable)
  1. especiallynot comparableProtruding to form a pout.

    1892, Francis Thompson, “The Poppy” in Wilfrid Meynell (ed.), The Child Set in the Midst by Modern Poets, London: The Leadenhall Press, p. 186, With mouth wide a-pout for a sultry kiss

    2 more examples

    Richie cocked his lips apout.

    1922, James Joyce, Ulysses, London: The Egoist Press, page 261

    The bellydancer oozed towards our table, her cuplike navel apout.

    1980, Anthony Burgess, chapter 33, in Earthly Powers, Penguin, published 1981, page 226

Origin

From a- + pout.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

taupo
Cite this entry
APA

apout. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/apout

MLA

“apout.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/apout. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “apout,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/apout.

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