adj.
   - rather fat or heavily built.
 - (of an object) sturdy and thick.
 - brave and determined.
 
n.
 a kind of strong, dark beer brewed with roasted malt or barley.
 
  Derivative
  
    - stoutish adj.
  - stoutly adv.
  - stoutness n.
 
   
  Etymology
  ME: from Anglo-Norman Fr. and OFr. dial., of W. Gmc origin.