robustiousadj.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Richard III f. lvj^v Let vs..marche furth like stronge & robustious champions.

1615 S. Daniel Hymens Triumph ii. i. 22 Not degenerate From my robustious manly Ancestors.

1655 H. L'Estrange Reign King Charles 72 This Gunner was a robustious Vulcan.

1735 J. Swift Furnit. Woman's Mind in Wks. II. 415 She gets a Cold as sure as Death;..Admires how modest Women can Be so robustious like a Man.

1791 F. Burney Let. 13 Aug. (1972) I. 9 My weakness..disappoints me: but I have still fair hopes of becoming again my own robustious self.

1809 W. Irving Hist. N.Y. II. v. vi. 50 The combined powers of the league might have been too potent..for the robustious warriors of the Manhattoes.

1822 W. Irving Bracebridge Hall I. 70 The number of robustious footmen and retainers of all kinds bustling about.

1863 A. Smith Dreamthorp 24 The robustious fellow who sits at the head of the table.

1915 Englewood (Chicago) Times 16 Apr. 7/4 This is not true, unless one is hale, hearty, robustious or has a stomach inherited from a grandfather who fought the Indians back in the corn bread and venison days.

1584 Copie of Let. conc. Erle of Leycester 114 Her highnes..well strocken in years, and of no great good health or robustious and strong complexion.

1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 38 It will..harden his soft bleding vaines as stiffe and robustious, as branches of Corrall.

1620 T. Venner Via Recta vii. 128 The dry Walnuts are onely good for robustious bodies.

1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 569 These redundant locks Robustious to no purpose clustring down. View more context for this quotation

1771 E. Long Trial of Carter's Dog in W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1827) II. 207 It is by far too dainty for their robustious constitutions.

1817 Ld. Byron Let. 9 May (1976) V. 222 I am..congratulated by impertinent persons on my robustious appearance when I ought to be pale and interesting.

1869 Mountain Democrat (Placerville, Calif.) 30 Oct. 1/5 He felt himself completely at the mercy of the female whose robustious arms enclosed him.

1908 H. Caine My Story ii. ii. 108 He bantered me for several minutes on what he called my ‘robustious’ appearance.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VII f. lvii Men throughe aboundaunce of ryches waxe more insolent, hedstronge and robustius.

1603 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iii. ii. 9 O it offends mee to the soule, to heare a rebustious [1604 robustious] periwig fellow, To teare a passion in totters.

1633 J. Shirley Bird in Cage iii. i. sig. E3 The Divell is no more hot and Robustious, where he finds opposition to the sport.

1681 H. More Plain Expos. Daniel v. 155 Men of a more fierce, strong, robustious temper..are more inept to see any such Spectra.

1738 J. Swift Compl. Coll. Genteel Conversat. 109 You are so robustious, you had like to put out my Eye.

?1790 Q. Persius Cries of Bellona 50 There was a delicate Subaltern in conversation with a robustious jolly dog of a Corporal.

1809 C. Lamb & M. Lamb Poetry for Children I. 59 Your rougher out-door sports Her less robustious spirits daunt.

1851 Times 9 Oct. 4/5 The subtle captain..thinks it a very great impertinence in the robustious corporal to have any opinion at all.

1921 W. L. Phelps Ess. Mod. Dramatists i. 11 A certain gentleness goes with understanding; your robustious fellows do not know much about men and women.

1947 H. Babcock My Health is Better in November 14 Then is Bob a robustious and swaggering fellow... He is ready for fight or frolic.

2005 New Republic 27 June (Nexis) 22 The robustious hero in Gladiator.

1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion i. 7 This robustious play; By which, the toiles of warre most liuelie are exprest.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) iii. vii. 146 The men doe sympathize with the Mastiffes, in robustious and rough comming on. View more context for this quotation

1649 J. Milton Εικονοκλαστης iv. 37 In Scotland they had handl'd the Bishops in a more robustious manner.

1839 B. Disraeli Let. 18 Dec. in Corr. with Sister (1886) 146 They had a roaring, robustious, romping party.

1897 S. S. Sprigge Life of T. Wakley xxx. 276 The crude and robustious declamations of a demagogue.

1947 Garfieldian (Chicago) 17 July 15/3 I don't know where else you can get such a rich, robustious, and rollicking account of our folk music.

1985 H. Kramer Revenge of Philistines v. 321 Mr. Hoving's robustious tenure as the director.

2008 F. L. Collins in M. H. Patterson Amer. New Woman Revisited i. 121 To find out if it really was political influence that women were fighting for in those robustious times.

1632 F. Quarles Divine Fancies i. c. 50 If a robustious Storme should rise..thy Harbour's safe enough.

1641 News from Hell, Rome & Inns of Court 21 A robustious storm of wind out of the North.

1843 J. Q. Adams Jrnl. 30 Oct. in Mem. (1874) XI. 416 The gale was not very robustious.

1879 H. W. Beecher Star Papers (new ed.) 427 Those robustious winds of March.

1947 Pottstown (Pa.) Mercury 29 Oct. 4/1 Perhaps robustious weather, like a strong man, has a vigorous spirit.