robustious

[ roh-buhs-chuh s ]

/ roʊˈbʌs tʃəs /

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adjective

rough, rude, or boisterous.

robust, strong, or stout.

Nearby words

robstown, robus, robust, robusta, robusta coffee, robustious, robustness, roc, roca, rocaille, rocambole

Origin of robustious

First recorded in 1540–50; robust + -ious

Related forms

ro·bus·tious·ly, adverb

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Examples from the Web for robustious

A robustious young fellow of sense and brains would have found in this lover of books and a bottle not a bad comrade.
The House with the Green Shutters|George Douglas Brown
He was a delicate youth, I take it, and willingly slunk from the robustious winter to an inn fireside.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition|Robert Louis Stevenson
Had not the Deacon ranked him in the robustious great company of Burns!
The House with the Green Shutters|George Douglas Brown
The fisherman had treated the driver and the farmer at the Hibernian, and was being rewarded with robustious chaff.
The Manxman|Hall Caine

There is a little too much in all this of the robustious Herakles sending his great voice before him.
Robert Browning|Edward Dowden

British Dictionary definitions for robustious

robustious

/ (rəʊˈbʌstʃəs) /

adjective archaic

rough; boisterous

strong, robust, or stout

Derived Forms

robustiously, adverbrobustiousness, noun

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robustious

adjective

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Origin of robustious

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British Dictionary definitions for robustious

robustious

adjective archaic

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