[
US
/ˈstaʊtnəs/
]
NOUN
- the property of excessive fatness
- the property of being strong and resolute
How To Use stoutness In A Sentence
- He has an inclination to stoutness / to be fat.
- Despite her stoutness, she suffered from what she called shattered nerves. The Little Lady of the Big House
- True, he is given to a certain stoutness and fullness of frame, but it has been remarked that this well-apportioned girth rather adds to the majestic dignity of his bearing.
- And I do beseech him, for the sake of his own soul, and, as a messenger of Jesus Christ, require him, as he will answer the contrary at the bar of God, that he lay aside the stoutness and impenitency of his heart, and unfeignedly confess and lament his sin before God and this congregation. The Reformed Pastor