Robustious
adj
adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Boisterous.
"O, it offends mee to the Soule, to ſee a robuſtious Pery-wig-pated Fellow, teare a Paſſion to tatters, to verie ragges, to ſplit the eares of the Groundlings: who (for the moſt part) are capeable of nothing, but inexplicable dumbe ſhewes, & noiſe:[…]"
Adjective
- 1 noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline wordnet
Example
More examples"O, it offends mee to the Soule, to ſee a robuſtious Pery-wig-pated Fellow, teare a Paſſion to tatters, to verie ragges, to ſplit the eares of the Groundlings: who (for the moſt part) are capeable of nothing, but inexplicable dumbe ſhewes, & noiſe:[…]"
Etymology
From robust + -ious.
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