ruggedize
/ˈrʌɡɪdʌɪz/(also ruggedise) originally US
verb
[with object] To make rugged or robust; to produce in a version designed to withstand rough usage.
Origin
1940s; earliest use found in Proceedings of the Institute of Radio Engineers. From rugged + -ize.
- old-maidy
- old man
- old man cactus
- old man kangaroo
- old-mannish
- Old Man of the Mountain
- Old Man of the Mountains
- old man of the woods
- old man roo
- old man saltbush
- old man's beard
- old man schnapper
- old man snapper
- Old Man Winter
- old master
- old-masterish
- old-masterly
- old media
- old money
- old moneyed
- old moon
- Old Ned
- oldness
- old news
- Old Nick