pout
English
/paʊt/, /pʌʊt/
verb
Definitions
- (intransitive) To push out one's lips.
- (intransitive) To thrust itself outward; to be prominent.
- (intransitive) To be or pretend to be ill-tempered; to sulk.
- (transitive) To say while pouting.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English pouten derived from Proto-Germanic *pūto (swollen) derived from Proto-Indo-European *bu- (swell, lip).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*bu-
Gloss
swell, lip
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- eel English
- eelpout English
- hawk English
- horn English
- hornpout English
- pouter English
- poutful English
- poutily English
- pouting English
- poutingly English
- poutsome English
- pouty English
- puttock English
- puit Dutch, Flemish
- puitebloot Dutch, Flemish
- *bu- Proto-Indo-European
- pute Norwegian Bokmål
- *bu- Proto-Germanic
- *pūto Proto-Germanic
- pute Norwegian Nynorsk
- ǣlepūte Old English
- pouten Middle English
- puttock Middle English
- hovedpude Danish
- pude Danish
- pudebetræk Danish
- pudevår Danish
- púði Icelandic
- puut Middle Dutch
- puthæ Old Danish
- *bu- bat-pro