Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

robustious

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ro-bus-tious
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Synonym of boisterous, energetic and noisy.

Archaic

Example Sentences

"O, it offends mee to the Soule, to ſee a robuſtious Pery-wig-pated Fellow, teare a Paſſion to tatters, to verie ragges, to ſplit the eares of the Groundlings: who (for the moſt part) are capeable of nothing, but inexplicable dumbe ſhewes, & noiſe:[…]"
"Miſs. Poh! you are ſo robuſtious, you had like to put out my Eye: I aſſure you, if you blind me, you muſt lead me."
"These bedels or greffiers were jolly robustious souls, bending beneath the weight of their ponderous silver maces, and attired in gowns of black, blue, violet, or dark red, each colour denoting the Faculty to which the wearer pertained."

Etymology

From robust + -ious.

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

more robustious (comparative) most robustious (superlative)

Derived Forms

robustiously robustiousness rumbustious rambunctious

Synonyms

boisterous energetic and noisy rambunctious rumbustious unruly

Questions

What does robustious mean?: Synonym of boisterous, energetic and noisy.
Where does robustious come from?: From robust + -ious.

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