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Definition stour

Etymology 1

From Middle English store, stoor, stour (“tall, powerful”), from Old English st?r (“tall, great, mighty, strong”), from Proto-Germanic *st?raz, *st?rijaz (“great, big, strong”), from Proto-Indo-European *st?r-, *st?r- (“big, bulky”). Akin to Scots stour (“tall, large, great, stout”), Saterland Frisian stor (“great, many”), Danish, Swedish and Norwegian stor (“large, great”), Icelandic stórr (“large, tall”), Polish stary (“old, ancient”) and probably Albanian shtoj (“I add, increase”). Compare also stoor, steer, stately.

Adjective

stour (comparative more stour, superlative most stour)

1. (now rare outside dialectal) Tall; large; stout.
2. (now rare outside dialectal) Strong; powerful; hardy; robust; sturdy.
3. (now rare outside dialectal) Bold; audacious.
4. (now rare outside dialectal) Rough in manner; stern; austere; ill-tempered.
5. (now rare outside dialectal, of a voice) Rough; hoarse; deep-toned; harsh.
6. (now rare outside dialectal, of land or cloth) Stiff; inflexible.
7. (obsolete) Resolute; unyielding.

Adverb

stour (comparative more stour, superlative most stour)

1. (now chiefly dialectal) Severely; strongly.

Etymology 2

From Middle English stoure, stourre, from Old Norse staurr (“a stake, pale”), from Proto-Germanic *stauraz (“pole, support”), from Proto-Indo-European *st?- (“to stand, place”). Cognate with Icelandic staur (“a stake, pole”), Ancient Greek ??????? (staurós, “a stake, cross”).

Noun

stour (plural stours)

1. A stake.
2. A round of a ladder.
3. A stave in the side of a wagon.
4. A large pole by which barges are propelled against the stream; a poy.

Etymology 3

From Middle English stour, stor (“conflict”) from Anglo-Norman estur (“conflict, struggle”), from Old French estour, estor, estorme, estourmie, estormie (“battle, assault, conflict, tumult”), from Vulgar Latin *estorma, *storma (“battle, conflict, storm”), from Frankish *sturm (“storm, commotion, battle”), from Proto-Germanic *sturmaz (“storm”). Akin to Old High German sturm (“battle, storm”). More at storm.

Noun

stour (plural stours)

1. (obsolete) An armed battle or conflict.
2. (obsolete) A time of struggle or stress.
3. (now dialectal) Tumult, commotion; confusion.
4. (Britain dialectal, Ulster) A blowing or deposit of dust; dust in motion or at rest; dust in general.

Verb

stour (third-person singular simple present stours, present participle stouring, simple past and past participle stoured)

1. Alternative form of stoor

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