Ro*bust" (?), a. [L. robustus
oaken, hard, strong, fr. robur strength, a very hard kind of
oak; cf. Skr. rabhas violence: cf. F. robuste.]
1. Evincing strength; indicating vigorous health;
strong; sinewy; muscular; vigorous; sound; as, a robust body;
robust youth; robust health.
2. Violent; rough; rude.
While romp-loving miss
Is hauled about in gallantry robust.
Thomson.
3. Requiring strength or vigor; as,
robust employment. Locke.
Syn. -- Strong; lusty; sinewy; sturdy; muscular; hale;
hearty; vigorous; forceful; sound. -- Robust, Strong.
Robust means, literally, made of oak, and hence implies
great compactness and toughness of muscle, connected with a thick-set
frame and great powers of endurance. Strong denotes the power
of exerting great physical force. The robust man can bear heat
or cold, excess or privation, and toil on through every kind of
hardship; the strong man can lift a great weight, can give a
heavy blow, and a hard gripe. "Robust, tough sinews bred to
toil." Cowper.
Then 'gan the villain wax so fierce and
strong,
That nothing may sustain his furious force.
Spenser.
Ro*bust" (?), a. [L. robustus
oaken, hard, strong, fr. robur strength, a very hard kind of
oak; cf. Skr. rabhas violence: cf. F. robuste.]
1. Evincing strength; indicating vigorous health;
strong; sinewy; muscular; vigorous; sound; as, a robust body;
robust youth; robust health.
2. Violent; rough; rude.
While romp-loving miss
Is hauled about in gallantry robust.
Thomson.
3. Requiring strength or vigor; as,
robust employment. Locke.
Syn. -- Strong; lusty; sinewy; sturdy; muscular; hale;
hearty; vigorous; forceful; sound. -- Robust, Strong.
Robust means, literally, made of oak, and hence implies
great compactness and toughness of muscle, connected with a thick-set
frame and great powers of endurance. Strong denotes the power
of exerting great physical force. The robust man can bear heat
or cold, excess or privation, and toil on through every kind of
hardship; the strong man can lift a great weight, can give a
heavy blow, and a hard gripe. "Robust, tough sinews bred to
toil." Cowper.
Then 'gan the villain wax so fierce and
strong,
That nothing may sustain his furious force.
Spenser.
