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robust (ROH buhst) (adjective), more robust, most robust
1. Referring to people who are strong and have a healthy constitution: Becky never seemed to get sick and her doctor said that she was very robust and so she should continue to stay in good condition for as long as possible!
2. Characterizing plants which are in good shape, sturdy and thriving: Janet wanted to have a rosebush that is robust and can survive the cold winter outside.
3. Pertaining to the physical structure of animals which is stout and strong: At the zoo, Mary saw a hippopotamus which was very robust and had massive jaws and large tusks.
4. Pertaining to, or requiring, bodily strength or hardiness; vigorous: Jack’s muscularity and his robust figure enabled him to lift the heavy rocks necessary to build a wall.
5. Characteristic of a vigorous mind and strong enough to withstand intellectual challenges: Those who are preparing definitions and example sentences for this lexicon must be quite robust in that they have had the stamina to keep on working successfully for so many years.
6. A reference to being built, constructed, or designed to be sturdy, durable, or hard-wearing: Jake bought a robust metal cabinet for his tools.
7. Describing food or beverages which are rich, strong-tasting, and full-bodied: Some kinds of cheeses are very robust in flavor, in that they are overpowering and intense for some people who are eating them.
8. Etymology: ultimately from Indo-European reudh; source of English "red".
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2. Characterizing plants which are in good shape, sturdy and thriving: Janet wanted to have a rosebush that is robust and can survive the cold winter outside.
3. Pertaining to the physical structure of animals which is stout and strong: At the zoo, Mary saw a hippopotamus which was very robust and had massive jaws and large tusks.
4. Pertaining to, or requiring, bodily strength or hardiness; vigorous: Jack’s muscularity and his robust figure enabled him to lift the heavy rocks necessary to build a wall.
5. Characteristic of a vigorous mind and strong enough to withstand intellectual challenges: Those who are preparing definitions and example sentences for this lexicon must be quite robust in that they have had the stamina to keep on working successfully for so many years.
6. A reference to being built, constructed, or designed to be sturdy, durable, or hard-wearing: Jake bought a robust metal cabinet for his tools.
7. Describing food or beverages which are rich, strong-tasting, and full-bodied: Some kinds of cheeses are very robust in flavor, in that they are overpowering and intense for some people who are eating them.
8. Etymology: ultimately from Indo-European reudh; source of English "red".
This resulted in Latin robus, which was applied to a particular sort of oak tree with reddish wood. The oak being synonymous with strength, robus in due course came to mean “strength”.
This developed into robustus, "firm, strong, solid", from which English gets robust, and also into the Latin verb roborare, "to strengthen”; source of English corroborate.
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