Stout meaning: Stout can mean fat and

Stout can mean fat and solid-looking, strongly made, or determined and strong. It can also be a type of dark, bitter beer. Learn how to use stout in sentences and see translations in different languages. stout meaning, definition, what is stout: fairly fat and heavy, or having a thick ...: Learn more. Meaning "strong in body, powerfully built" is attested from First attested in c. 1386, but has been to a large extent displaced by the euphemistic meaning "thick-bodied, fat and large," which is first recorded 1804. Original sense preserved in stout-hearted (1552). The noun "strong, dark-brown beer" is first recorded 1677, from the adjective. Stout means having a strong, heavy, solid build, often implying robust health or strength. e.g., The stout walls of the fortress have withstood many sieges.