roborean
adjEtymology From Latin rōboreus (“oaken, sturdy”) + -an (“forming adjectives”), from robur (“reddish oak; strength, hardness”) + -eus (“-eous: forming adjectives”).
1
Obsolete Synonym of oaken, made of oak or similar wood.
2
Obsolete Synonym of sturdy, resembling the strength, firmness, &c. of oak.
3
Obsolete Synonym of coarse, resembling the texture of rough-hewn oak or (figurative) rough in other ways.
- Related terms
- corroborate, corroboration, roborant, roborate, roboration, roborative, roboreous, robust