Meanings
comparative more loutsome · superlative most loutsome
- Characteristic or typical of a lout
They were a loutsome source of irritation and responsible for much septic poisoning.
2006, Captain H. Raymond Smith, A soldiers Diary1 more example
I am at a loss to know what I shall do for spills when she marries the loutsome young hobbledehoy.
1905, Thomas Power O'Connor, Holbrook Jackson, T. P.'s Weekly - Volume 6
Origin
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