Hypertext Webster Gateway: "pouting"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Pout \Pout\ (pout), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Pouted}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Pouting}.] [OE. pouten, of uncertain origin; cf. Prov.
pot lip, Prov. F. potte, faire la potte to pout, W. pwdu to
pout, be sullen, poten, potten, a paunch, belly.]
1. To thrust out the lips, as in sullenness or displeasure;
hence, to look sullen.

Thou poutest upon thy fortune and thy love. --Shak.

2. To protrude. ``Pouting lips.'' --Dryden.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Pouting \Pout"ing\, n.
Childish sullenness.


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