Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1999 22:17:18 +0000 (GMT) From: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> To: gummibear@we.mediaone.net (Joey Garcia) Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Robust: Such a Versatile Word Message-ID: <199908112217.PAA25342@usr02.primenet.com> In-Reply-To: <3.0.6.32.19990810221107.007978b0@we.mediaone.net> from "Joey Garcia" at Aug 10, 99 10:11:07 pm
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> Robust! I'm like so sick of that word. It's like so over used.
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> robust \Ro*bust"\, a. [L. robustus oaken, hard, strong, fr. robur strength,
> a very hard kind of oak; cf. Skr. rabhas violence: cf. F. robuste.] 1.
> Evincing strength; indicating vigorous health; strong; sinewy; muscular;
> vigorous; sound; as, a robust body; robust youth; robust health.
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> robust adj 1: physically strong [ant: frail] 2: marked by richness and
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> fullness of flavor; "a rich ruby port"; "full-bodied wines"; "a robust
> claret"; "the robust flavor of fresh-brewed coffee" [syn: full-bodied,
> rich] 3: strong enough to withstand intellectual challenge; "the experiment
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> yielded robust results"; "a robust faith" 4: rough and crude; "a robust tale"
> </i>
Terry Lambert
terry@lambert.org
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