What part of speech is stouter?

Stouter can be categorized as an adjective.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. stouter is an adjective, comparative of stout.

Inflections

Adjective

What does stouter mean?

Definitions

Adjective

stout - bold, strong-minded; lusty; vigorous; robust; sinewy; muscular.
stout - proud; haughty; arrogant; hard.
stout - Firm; resolute; dauntless.
stout - Materially strong, enduring.
stout - obstinate.
stout - Large; bulky, thickset; corpulent, fat.

Examples of stouter

#   Sentence  
1. adj. He got so stout that his collar did not meet.
2. adj. On sending in our cards we were shown into an elegantly appointed drawing-room, where we were joined in a few minutes by a rather stout man who received us with much hospitality.
3. adj. The other was about fifteen years younger, short, stout, ruddy-faced, and red-haired, with an open, resolute, and cheerful eye.
4. adj. The other was about fifteen years younger, short, stout, ruddy-faced, and red-haired, with an open, resolute, and cheerful eye, to which careless and fearless freedom and inward daring gave fire and expression, notwithstanding its light grey colour.
Sentence  
adj.
He got so stout that his collar did not meet.
On sending in our cards we were shown into an elegantly appointed drawing-room, where we were joined in a few minutes by a rather stout man who received us with much hospitality.
The other was about fifteen years younger, short, stout, ruddy-faced, and red-haired, with an open, resolute, and cheerful eye.
The other was about fifteen years younger, short, stout, ruddy-faced, and red-haired, with an open, resolute, and cheerful eye, to which careless and fearless freedom and inward daring gave fire and expression, notwithstanding its light grey colour.

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