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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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vulgar
English
Alternative forms
- (early modern English): vulgare
Etymology
Borrowed into Middle English from Latin vulg?ris, from volgus, vulgus (“mob; common folk”), from Proto-Indo-European *wl?k- (compare Welsh gwala (“plenty, sufficiency”), Ancient Greek ???? (halía, “assembly”) ????? (eilé?, “to compress”), Old Church Slavonic ?????? (velik?, “great”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?v?l.??/
- (US) enPR: v?l?g?r, IPA(key): /?v?l.??/
Adjective
vulgar (comparative more vulgar or vulgarer, superlative most vulgar or vulgarest)
- Debased, uncouth, distasteful, obscene.
- The construction worker made a vulgar suggestion to the girls walking down the street.
- (classical sense) Having to do with ordinary, common people.
- 1834-1874, George Bancroft, History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American Continent.
- The mechanical process of multiplying books had brought the New Testament in the vulgar tongue within the reach of every class.
- 1860, G. Syffarth, "A Remarkable Seal in Dr. Abbott's Museum at New York", Transactions of the Academy of Science of St. Louis, age 265
- Further, the same sacred name in other monuments precedes the vulgar name of King Takellothis, the sixth of the XXII. Dyn., as we have seen.
- 1834-1874, George Bancroft, History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American Continent.
- (especially taxonomy) Common, usual; of the typical kind.
- the vulgar bush brown, Bicyclus vulgaris
- 1869, Richard Francis Burton, The Highlands of the Brazil, page 85:
- A vulture (V. aura), probably the Acabiry first described by Azara, is here called […] the hunter. It resembles in form the vulgar bird, but it flies high. The head is red, and the wings are black with silver lining, like the noble Bateleur of Africa.
Synonyms
- (obscene): inappropriate, obscene, debased, uncouth, offensive, ignoble, mean, profane
- (ordinary): common, ordinary, popular
Derived terms
- (obscene): vulgarity, vulgarian
- (ordinary): vulgar fraction, vulgate, Vulgate
- vulgar fraction
- Vulgar Latin
- Vulgar Era
Translations
Noun
vulgar (plural vulgars)
- (classicism) A common, ordinary person.
- 2016, Evan Gottlieb, Juliet Shields, Representing Place in British Literature and Culture, 1660-1830
- Popular antiquarian writings […] frequently focused on the regional vulgars' superstitious beliefs regarding the dead and their ongoing presence—such as popular funeral rites or the vulgars' fear of church yards.
- 2016, Evan Gottlieb, Juliet Shields, Representing Place in British Literature and Culture, 1660-1830
- (collective) The common people.
- The vernacular tongue or common language of a country.
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin vulg?ris.
Adjective
vulgar (masculine and feminine plural vulgars)
- vulgar
Derived terms
- vulgarment
Related terms
- vulgaritat
Further reading
- “vulgar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Galician
Etymology
From Latin vulg?ris.
Adjective
vulgar m or f (plural vulgares)
- common to the people, vulgar
- ordinary, undistinguished
- popular, commonly understood, as opposed to scientific or technical
- simple, unintelligent
Synonyms
- (ordinary): prosaico
- (popular): común, popular
Antonyms
- (popular): científico, técnico
Related terms
- vulgaridade
- vulgarismo
- vulgo
Further reading
- “vulgar” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin vulg?ris.
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /vu?.??a?/
- Hyphenation: vul?gar
Adjective
vulgar (plural vulgares, comparable)
- common to the people, vulgar
- ordinary, undistinguished
- Synonym: prosaico
- popular, commonly understood, as opposed to scientific or technical
- Synonyms: comum, popular
- simple, unintelligent
Antonyms
- (popular): científico, técnico
Related terms
- vulgaridade
- vulgarismo
- vulgo
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French vulgaire, Latin vulgaris.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vul??ar/
Adjective
vulgar m or n (feminine singular vulgar?, masculine plural vulgari, feminine and neuter plural vulgare)
- vulgar
Declension
Synonyms
- grosolan
- ordinar
- comun
Related terms
- vulg
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin vulg?ris.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bul??a?/, [bul???a?]
Adjective
vulgar (plural vulgares)
- vulgar
Derived terms
Related terms
- vulgo
- vulgaridad
Further reading
- “vulgar” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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