robustuousadj.
/rə(ʊ)ˈbʌstjʊəs/, /rə(ʊ)ˈbʌstʃʊəs/, U.S. /roʊˈbəstʃ(əw)əs/, /rəˈbəstʃ(əw)əs/ Now rare.
= robustious adj. (in various senses).
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the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > state of sea > [adjective] > rough
woodc900
drofc1000
bremea1300
scaldinga1300
sharp1377
wrothc1400
welteringc1420
rude?a1439
wawishc1450
wallya1522
robustuousa1544
troublesome1560
turbulent1573
boisterous?1594
lofty1600
enridged1608
hollow1705
ugly1744
testy1833
topping1857
seething1871
troughy1877
a1544 R. Barlow tr. M. Fernández de Enciso Brief Summe Geogr. (1932) 63 Thes hungrours..be people of a myddle stature and robustuous [Sp. gentes de medianos cuerpos & robustos] and of a hard conversation.
1626 J. Florio et al. tr. T. Boccalini New-found Politicke iii. xvii. 232 Hee was a man well stricken in yeares, yet seemed to be of a galliard and robustuous complexion, which betokened that hee might liue many yeares longer.
1637 T. Heywood Pleasant Dialogues & Dramma's 156 Nymphs, not generated..from violent and robustuous seas.
1702 C. Beaumont J. Beaumont's Psyche (new ed.) xiv. xlv. 212 No constraint Can..breed Robustuous Firmness in a broken Reed.
1825 F. Fox & D. A. de la Vega tr. Spain Vindicated 79 Robustuous bellows [Sp. robusto fuelle] of discord .
1873 Overland Monthly Feb. 190/1 Robustuous progeny..call for a special revelation of wisdom... How shall we govern our boys?
1922 Forum Oct. 881 The Torch Bearers is a satire..and its action and humor are frequently slapstick... A wholesome, robustuous farce.
1930 E. Wingfield-Stratford Those Earnest Victorians xxiv. 318 John Bull was a robustuous optimist, slapping his pockets, and calling the world to admire his prosperity.
Derivatives
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1612 B. Jonson Alchemist To Rdr. sig. A3 Who if they come in robustuously, and put for it with a great deale of violence, are receiu'd for the brauer fellowes. View more context for this quotation
1641 T. Heywood Life of Merlin v. 39 The Fort was the precedent night, robustuously assaulted by the Enemy.
1845 Metrop. Mag. Dec. 488 Then my Lord Brougham stood forward, and most robustuously dissented from the bishop.
roˈbustuousness n. now rare
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the world > life > the body > bodily constitution > bodily strength > [noun] > robustness
hardishipa1250
stalworthnessa1340
stalworthinessa1387
pithc1395
hardinessc1405
robustness?1533
valiantness1553
validity1578
robustiousness1600
robustuousness1648
robusticness1676
robusticity1777
hardihood1780
ironness1803
induration1827
robustihood1834
stalwartness1859
1648 R. W. No News 8 These things added to the naturall incivility of the ungovernable Northern robustuousnesse and intractability, may seem fuell sufficient to enrage the flame against us.
1679 J. Dryden Troilus & Cressida Pref. sig. bv If he want the skill which is necessary to a Wrestler, he shall make but small advantage of his natural robustuousness.
1681 T. Delaune & B. Keach Τροπολογία ii. 35 A Giant is a mighty Man, or a Man of more Strength and Robustuousness than others.
1883 J. F. Collin Polit. Affairs III. 238 If too much of that robustuousness shall not be found among the..members of congress, I believe the desired reform will be made.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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