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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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rugged
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English rugged, roggyd, ruggyd, derived from Old Norse r?gg (“tuft, shagginess”), equivalent to rug (“rough, woollen material”) +? -ed. Compare Old Swedish ruggoter (“wrinkled”), Swedish rugga (“to roughen”), Swedish ruggig (“shaggy”), Icelandic rögg (“shagginess”), Old Norse raggaðr (“tufted”), dialectal Danish raggad (“shaggy”).
Pronunciation
- r?-g?d, IPA(key): /?????d/
Adjective
rugged (comparative ruggeder, superlative ruggedest)
- Broken into sharp or irregular points; uneven; not smooth; rough.
- 1870, Mark Twain, Roughing It, Chapter LXV
- By and by, after a rugged climb, we halted on the summit of a hill which commanded a far-reaching view.
- 1870, Mark Twain, Roughing It, Chapter LXV
- Not neat or regular; irregular, uneven.
- 2011, Ronke Luke-Boone, African Fabrics: Sewing Contemporary Fashion with Ethic Flair
- Commercially produced yarn, such as rayon, produces a cloth with a smoother, shinier look than hand-spun cotton, but the uneven, rugged look of hand-spun cotton can be quite appealing.
- 2011, Ronke Luke-Boone, African Fabrics: Sewing Contemporary Fashion with Ethic Flair
- Rough with bristles or hair; shaggy.
- (of a person) Strong, sturdy, well-built.
- 2010, Arthur Queen Jr., Young Man: Ageless Fatherly Wisdom to Hold
- Many women and men delude themselves into thinking that only the hardest and most rugged man is attractive and to many it may be the case.
- 2010, Arthur Queen Jr., Young Man: Ageless Fatherly Wisdom to Hold
- (of land) Rocky and bare of plantlife.
- 2013, Vicky Baker in The Guardian, Riding with the cowboys on a Mexico ranch
- Hidden within 30,000 acres of rugged private land, the ranch is cocooned by peaks and canyons in all directions.
- 2013, Vicky Baker in The Guardian, Riding with the cowboys on a Mexico ranch
- (of temper, character, or people) Harsh; austere; hard; crabbed
- Stormy; turbulent; tempestuous; rude.
- (of sound, style etc.) Harsh; grating; rough to the ear
- (of looks, appearance etc.) Sour; surly; frowning; wrinkled
- (of behaviour) Violent; rude; boisterous
- (of health, physique etc.) Vigorous; robust; hardy
- 1909, Jack London, Martin Eden
- "Her gaze rested for a moment on the muscular neck, heavy corded, almost bull-like, bronzed by the sun, spilling over with rugged health and strength..."
- 1909, Jack London, Martin Eden
- (computing, of a computer) Designed to reliably operate in harsh usage environments and conditions.
- 2011, Nick Fletcher, Psion drops 2% after supply chain issues push it into loss
- Psion, which supplies a range of rugged hand held computers, has lost nearly 2% after announcing a plunge into the red.
- 2011, Nick Fletcher, Psion drops 2% after supply chain issues push it into loss
Derived terms
Translations
Further reading
- rugged in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- rugged at OneLook Dictionary Search
Etymology 2
rug +? -ed
Pronunciation
- r?gd, IPA(key): /???d/
Adjective
rugged (not comparable)
- Having a rug or rugs.
- Covered with a rug.
Verb
rugged
- simple past tense and past participle of rug
Anagrams
- Dugger, Gudger, grudge, gurged
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