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ro⋅bust

  [roh-buhst, roh-buhst]
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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

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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ro·bust   (rō-bŭst', rō'bŭst')   
adj.  

  1. Full of health and strength; vigorous.

  2. Powerfully built; sturdy. See Synonyms at healthy.

  3. Requiring or suited to physical strength or endurance: robust labor.

  4. Rough or crude; boisterous: a robust tale.

  5. 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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Word Origin & History

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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Computing Dictionary

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]

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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