† souterlyadj.
Obsolete.
1. Resembling a souter; of a common or vulgar type.
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society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > [adjective] > shopkeeper or tradesman
souterly1534
weaverly1643
shopocrat1832
shopkeeperish1840
shoemakerish1866
1534 T. More Treat. Passion in Wks. 1296/2 The special bassawes of that proude souterly Sowdan.
1568 U. Fulwell Like wil to Like B iij You souterly knaues shew you all your maners at once.
1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. iii. v. 517 The burthen-bearing porter, souterlie cobler, and toylefull labourer.
1617 S. Collins Epphata to F. T. ii. vii. 252 What should one stand tugging with such a sowterly fellow?
2. Appropriate to, characteristic of, a souter.
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the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > lack of refinement > [adjective] > vulgar
knavishc1405
peoplisha1425
porterlike1568
mechanical1584
souterly1589
tapsterly1589
mechanic1598
porterly1603
tavernly1612
plebeian1615
vulgar1643
mobbish1695
pothouse1780
commonish1792
common1804
vulgarian1833
vulgarish1860
unselect1867
off-colour1875
1589 J. Lyly Pappe with Hatchet E ij Hee runnes ouer his fooleries with a knaues gallop, ripping vp the souterlie seames of his Epistle.
1593 T. Nashe Strange Newes in Wks. (Grosart) II. 187 The Doctors proceedings haue thrust vpon mee this sowterly Metaphor.
1609 G. Paule Life Whitgift 40 A cobler, a choise broker for such souterly wares.
1626 R. Bernard Isle of Man ii. 277 They blasphemously publish, that the Scriptures are..a dead Letter, sowterly Inke, dumbe Iudges.
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