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–adjective

1.	strong and healthy; hardy; vigorous: a robust young man; a robust faith; a robust mind.

2.	strongly or stoutly built: his robust frame.

3.	suited to or requiring bodily strength or endurance: robust exercise.

4.	rough, rude, or boisterous: robust drinkers and dancers.

5.	rich and full-bodied: the robust flavor of freshly brewed coffee.

[Origin: 1540–50; < L rōbustus oaken, hard, strong, equiv. to rōbus-, s. of rōbur oak, strength + -tus adj. suffix

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—Related forms

ro·bust·ly, adverb

ro·bust·ness, noun

—Synonyms 1. powerful, sound. 4. coarse, rambunctious.

—Antonyms 1. feeble. 2. weak.

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adj.

Full of health and strength; vigorous.
Powerfully built; sturdy. See Synonyms at healthy.
Requiring or suited to physical strength or endurance: robust labor.
Rough or crude; boisterous: a robust tale.
Marked by richness and fullness; full-bodied: a robust wine.

[Latin rōbustus, from rōbur, rōbus, oak, strength; see reudh- in Indo-European roots.]

ro·bust'ly adv., ro·bust'ness n.

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robust

1549, from L. robustus "strong and hardy," originally "oaken," from robur, robus "hard timber, strength," also "a special kind of oak," named for its reddish heartwood, from L. ruber "red" (cf. robigo "rust"). Robustious (1548) was a common form in 17c. (cf. "Hamlet" iii.2); it fell from use by mid-18c., but was somewhat revived by mid-19c. antiquarian writers.

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robust
adjective
1.	sturdy and strong in form, constitution, or construction; "a robust body"; "a robust perennial" [ant: frail]
2.	marked by richness and fullness of flavor; "a rich ruby port"; "full-bodied wines"; "a robust claret"; "the robust flavor of fresh-brewed coffee" [syn: full-bodied]
3.	strong enough to withstand or overcome intellectual challenges or adversity; "the experiment yielded robust results"; "a robust faith"
4.	rough and crude; "a robust tale"

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robust [rəˈbast] adjective

strong; healthy
Example: a robust child

Arabic:	قَوي، شَديد، مَفتول العَضَلات
Chinese (Simplified):	强健的
Chinese (Traditional):	強健的
Czech:	silný, statný
Danish:	robust; stærk
Dutch:	robuust
Estonian:	jõuline
Finnish:	vanttera
French:	robuste
German:	robust
Greek:	γερός, γεροδεμένος
Hungarian:	robusztus
Icelandic:	sterkur, hraustur
Indonesian:	kuat, sehat
Italian:	robusto

Japanese:	元気いっぱいの
Korean:	건장한, 튼튼한, 늠름한
Latvian:	spēcīgs; stiprs; veselīgs
Lithuanian:	tvirtas, sveikas
Norwegian:	robust, sterk, hardfør
Polish:	krzepki
Portuguese (Brazil):	robusto
Portuguese (Portugal):	robusto
Romanian:	robust
Russian:	крепкий
Slovak:	mohutný, róbustný
Slovenian:	krepek
Spanish:	robusto
Swedish:	robust, kraftfull
Turkish:	sağlam, güçlü, kuvvetli

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robust
Said of a system that has demonstrated an ability to recover gracefully from the whole range of exceptional inputs and situations in a given environment. One step below bulletproof. Carries the additional connotation of elegance in addition to just careful attention to detail. Compare smart, opposite: brittle.
[The Jargon File]

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Robust

Cor*rob"o*rate\ (k?r-r?b"?-r?t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Corroborated (-r?`t?d); p. pr. & vb. n. Corroborating (-r?`t?ng). ] [L. corroboratus, p. p. of corroborare to corroborate; cor- + roborare to strengthen, robur strength. See Robust.]

1. To make strong, or to give additional strength to; to strengthen. [Obs.]

As any limb well and duly exercised, grows stronger, the nerves of the body are corroborated thereby. --I. Watts.

2. To make more certain; to confirm; to establish.

The concurrence of all corroborates the same truth. --I. Taylor.

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