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burly
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?b??li/
- Rhymes: -??(r)li
Etymology 1
From Middle English burly, burely, borly, burlich, borlich, borlic (“tall, stately”), of uncertain origin. Cognate with Scots burely, burly (“rough, stout, sturdy, strong”). Perhaps from Old English *b?rl?? (“noble, stately”, literally “bowerly”), equivalent to bower +? -ly; or from Old English *byrl?? (“high, raised”), from byre (“raised area, mound”), cognate with Old High German burl?h, purl?h (“lofty, elevated, high, exalted”), related to Old High German burjan (“to raise, lift, push up”). See burgeon.
Alternative forms
- bowerly (dialectal)
Adjective
burly (comparative burlier, superlative burliest)
- (usually of a man) Large, well-built, and muscular.
- She was frankly disappointed. For some reason she had thought to discover a burglar of one or another accepted type—either a dashing cracksman in full-blown evening dress, lithe, polished, pantherish, or a common yegg, a red-eyed, unshaven burly brute in the rags and tatters of a tramp.
- (Britain, East End of London, slang) Great, amazing, unbelievable.
- (US, slang, surf culture and/or Southern California) Of large magnitude, either good or bad, and sometimes both.
Translations
Etymology 2
burl +? -y
Adjective
burly (comparative more burly, superlative most burly)
- Full of burls or knots; knotty.
Middle English
Adjective
burly
- Alternative form of burely
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burbly
English
Etymology
From Middle English burbly, burbely, burbli, equivalent to burble +? -y.
Adjective
burbly (comparative burblier, superlative burbliest)
- burbling, bubbling
Anagrams
- rubbly
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