Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for November 5, 2025 is:
 
 
 
 
 lout &#149; \LOUT\&nbsp; &#149; noun
 A lout is an awkward brutish person.

// It was difficult for us to focus on the movie due to the noise coming from the group of louts seated in front of us.

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 Examples:
 “Fortunately for Vince, Jake is about to sell their mother’s house, and the proceeds should cover his deep debts. As is often the case with ne’er-do-wells, however, Vince doesn’t make anything easy, and [actor Jason] Bateman casts him as an arrogant lout ... who’s always playing the angles to his own benefit, damn the damage he causes to everyone else.” — Nick Schager, The Daily Beast, 18 Sept. 2025 
 
 
 
 Did you know?
 Lout belongs to a large group of words that we use to indicate a particular sort of offensive and insensitive person, that group also including such terms as <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boor">boor</a>, <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oaf">oaf</a>, <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jerk">jerk</a>, and <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/churl">churl</a>. English speakers have used lout in this way since the mid-1500s. Well before the 12th century, however, lout functioned as a verb with the meaning “to bow in respect.” No one is quite sure how—or even if—the verb sense developed into a noun meaning “an awkward brutish person.” The noun could have been coined independently, but if its source was the verb, perhaps the awkward posture of one bowing down led over the centuries to the idea that the bowing person was base and awkward as well.

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