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单词 roborean
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roboreanadj.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin rōboreus , -an suffix.
Etymology: < classical Latin rōboreus (see roboreous adj.) + -an suffix.
Obsolete. rare.
Made of oak or some similar strong timber. In extended use: robust, coarse.
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the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > lack of refinement > [adjective] > coarse
agrest?1440
robust1511
roynish1570
sowish1570
lubberlike1572
lubberly1580
ordinarya1586
roborean1656
porcine1660
coarse1680
crude1722
low1725
piggish1742
coarse-graineda1774
crass1861
coarse-fibred1872
barnyard1895
farmyard1911
rough as guts1919
society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [adjective] > oak
oaken1393
roborean1656
roburnean1656
oak wood1957
1656 T. Blount Glossographia (at cited word) Roborean, made of Oak, or such like strong Timber.
1857 Melbourne Punch 16 July 194/2 Mr. Brooke did not believe that the House possessed such delicately-fibred sensitiveness as to be shocked by a little roughness of roborean phrase.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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