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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Pouting \Pout"ing\, noun Childish sullenness.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Pout \Pout\ (pout), verb (used without an object) [imp. & p. p. {Pouted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pouting}.] [OE. pouten, of uncertain origin; cf. Prov. pot lip, Prov. F. potte, faire la potte to pout, W. pwdu to pout, be sullen, poten, potten, a paunch, belly.]
1. To thrust out the lips, as in sullenness or displeasure; hence, to look sullen.
Thou poutest upon thy fortune and thy love. --Shak.
2. To protrude. ''Pouting lips.'' --Dryden.
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