apout

English

Etymology

a- + pout

Adjective

apout (not comparable)

  1. (especially of the lips or mouth) Protruding to form a pout.
    • 1892, Francis Thompson, “The Poppy” in Wilfrid Meynell (ed.), The Child Set in the Midst by Modern Poets, London: The Leadenhall Press, p. 186,
      With mouth wide a-pout for a sultry kiss
    • 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses, London: The Egoist Press, p. 261,
      Richie cocked his lips apout.
    • 1980, Anthony Burgess, Earthly Powers, Penguin, 1981, Chapter 33, p. 226,
      The bellydancer oozed towards our table, her cuplike navel apout.

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Preposition

apout

  1. about
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