galoot

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galoot

/ɡəˈluːt/

Rhymes with -uːt

Where it comes from

From Quranic Arabic جالُوت (jālūt, pronounced galūt in Egyptian Arabic), proper name equivalent to English Goliath, giant warrior of the ancient Philistine ethnicity; cf. connotations of derogatory uses of English Philistine. Doublet of goliath.

noun galoots

derogatory A clumsy or uncouth person. “I talk like a galoot when I get talking to feemale^([sic]) girls and I can’t lay my tongue to anything that sounds right.”
Similar: clodhopper, lout, lummox, oaf

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noun clumsy or uncouth person

Español	gaznápiro
Deutsch	Tölpel, Dummkopf, Steinzeitmensch
Русский	неуклю́жий челове́к neukljúžij čelovék, нело́вкий челове́к nelóvkij čelovék, у́валень úvalenʹ

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@misc{galoot_2026,
  title = {galoot},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/galoot},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}