rugged
/ˈɹʌɡ.ɪd/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.60 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
adj
adj
Example Sentences
- "BY and by, after a rugged climb, we halted on the summit of a hill which commanded a far-reaching view."
- "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."
- "His hair was light and rather thin; his face strong and rugged from exposure, and his eyes narrow and observant."
- "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."
- "As the train wound along the river valleys through western Pennsylvania the scenery grew more rugged and the painted houses of Lancaster County gave way to dirty clapboard dwellings and shack homes clinging to the mountainside."
- "Hidden within 30,000 acres of rugged private land, the ranch is cocooned by peaks and canyons in all directions."
Etymology
From Middle English rugged, roggyd, ruggyd, derived from Old Norse rǫgg (“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”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: rugged, rǫgg
Inflected Forms
more rugged (comparative)
most rugged (superlative)