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robustious

adj

Etymology

From robust + -ious.

  1. learned borrowing from rōbustus
  2. suffixed as robustious — “robust + ious”

Definitions

  1. Boisterous.

    • Miſs. Poh! you are ſo robuſtious, you had like to put out my Eye: I aſſure you, if you blind me, you muſt lead me.
    • These bedels or greffiers were jolly robustious souls, bending beneath the weight of their ponderous silver maces, and attired in gowns of black, blue, violet, or dark red, each colour denoting the Faculty to which the wearer pertained.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA