pouten

Middle English

Alternative forms

• powt

Etymology

Probably borrowed from North Germanic, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *pūtō (“swollen”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpuːtən/

Verb

pouten (third-person singular simple present pouteth, present participle poutende, poutynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle pouted)

1. (rare) To pout (push out one's lips)

Conjugation

Conjugation of pouten (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) counten
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	counte	counted
2nd-person singular	countest	countedest
3rd-person singular	counteth	counted
subjunctive singular	counte
imperative singular		—
plural1	counten, counte	counteden, countede
imperative plural	counteth, counte	—
participles	countynge, countende	counted, ycounted

¹Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

• English: pout

References

• “pǒuten, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.