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robustious

American  
[roh-buhs-chuhs] / roʊˈbʌs tʃəs /

adjective

  1. rough, rude, or boisterous.

  2. robust, strong, or stout.

robustious British  
/ rəʊˈbʌstʃəs /

adjective

  1. rough; boisterous

  2. strong, robust, or stout

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Other Word Forms

  • robustiously adverb
  • robustiousness noun

Etymology

Origin of robustious

First recorded in 1540–50; robust + -ious

Vocabulary lists containing robustious

"The Tragedy of Hamlet," Vocabulary from Act 3

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Example Sentences

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After serving as host at a heaping Thanksgiving dinner for elderly folks, Boston's unpompous Archbishop Richard J. Cushing shifted into high, merrily danced an Irish jig with two robustious ewes of his diocesan flock.

From Time Magazine Archive

Opera House Permit Yale's robustious, tweedy Professor Yandell Henderson last week recapitulated his researches on lungs.

From Time Magazine Archive

His upward push within the company was interrupted just after the War, when he joined Joseph Stephen Cullinan, Texaco's first robustious president, in another oil venture.

From Time Magazine Archive

Author Morley, smiling, robustious, pensive, was present as master of ceremonies.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the round, rosy countenance and robustious person of the last of the trio he discovered his ancient ally, Titus Tyrconnel.

From Rookwood by Ainsworth, William Harrison

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