Spouten

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. Archaic past form meaning having poured or gushed out forcefully, like liquid bursting from a narrow opening ; having declaimed or rambled on in a pompous, lengthy manner
2. Old form describing something that has jetted out in a strong stream ; old form describing someone who has held forth in a grandiose, long-winded way
3. Dated past participle for liquid that has been forced out in a jet ; dated past participle for a person who has orated pompously and at great length

Etymology: "Spouten" is an older past participle of "spout," the form that was once standard before "spouted" took over. The verb came into Middle English from Low German or Dutch, where "spūten" and "spouten" described liquid spurting out, and it is closely related to "spew" and "sputter," probably because all three imitate the sounds of spitting and gushing.