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louter

Pronunciation: /ˈlɑu̯tər/

“louter” is a Dutch word. Its 3 meanings in English:

adjective

  1. pure
  2. a lot of; a bunch of

adverb

  1. only, solely, purely

Etymology

From Middle Dutch louter, variant of luyter, lûter, lutter, from Old Dutch *lūtir, luttir, from Proto-Germanic *hlūtraz. The -ou- is probably due to influence by late Middle High German lauter, older lūter, from Old High German hlūter, from the same Germanic source. Compare modern German lauter.

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