astrut

English

Etymology

From Middle English a-strout; equivalent to a- +‎ strut.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈstɹʌt/
• (Northern England) IPA^(key): /əˈstɹʊt/
• Rhymes: -ʌt

Adverb

astrut (comparative more astrut, superlative most astrut)

1. (archaic) Sticking out, or puffed out; swelling.
   • 1782–1785, William Cowper, “(please specify the page)”, in The Task, a Poem, […], London: […] J[oseph] Johnson;  […], →OCLC:

     inflated and astrut with self-conceit

2. (archaic) In a strutting manner; with a strutting gait.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “astrut”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• Stuart, Tartus, Trauts, taturs, tuarts