Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

roboreous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ro-bore-ous
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Synonym of oaken, made of oak wood.

adj

Synonym of sturdy, resembling the strength, firmness, &c. of oak.

Example Sentences

"A critic, if morbidly prone to carping, might object even to this reading on the ground that an unsophisticated Englishman, however tender hearted, if at all deficient in imagination might mistake the figurative allusion to the "fires" of affection, for a literal reference to those more roboreous fires of his corporeal existence, which are, proverbially, the combined product of vigorous digestion […]"
"Isogogically we would announce our roboreous proclivities for linguistic exungulation."
"In two cases coming under our observation, in the dissecting room, of where one upper jaw had been removed years previously, the elongated and tartar-invested teeth on the side of the mandible corresponding to the removed maxilla were in striking contrast to the roboreous, shining teeth of the opposite side."

Etymology

From Latin roboreus (“oak, oaken, sturdy”), from robur (“reddish oak; strength, hardness”) + -eus (“-eous: forming adjectives”). Equivalent to roborate + -eous.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: roboreus
Suffix: roborate

Inflected Forms

more roboreous (comparative) most roboreous (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

corroborate corroboration roborant roborate roboration roborative roborean robust

Synonyms

oaken made of oak wood sturdy resembling the strength firmness &c. of oak

Questions

What does roboreous mean?: Synonym of oaken, made of oak wood.
Where does roboreous come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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