Today's Word "robustious"
Published in Vocabulary
robustious \roh-BUHS-chuhs\ (adjective) - 1 : Boisterous; vigorous. 2 : Coarse; rough; crude.
"Four girls and four boys he had, robustious little heathens, every one of them, as he said himself." -- Marilynne Robinson, 'Gilead'
Robustious derives from Latin robustus, "oaken, hence strong, powerful, firm," from robur, "oak."
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