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robustious

[ roh-buhs-chuh s ]

/ roʊˈbʌs tʃəs /

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adjective

rough, rude, or boisterous.

robust, strong, or stout.

Origin of robustious

First recorded in 1540–50; robust + -ious

OTHER WORDS FROM robustious

ro·bus·tious·ly, adverb

Words nearby robustious

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Example sentences 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 of robustious

robustiously, adverb robustiousness, noun