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roborean

roborean adjective: synonym of oaken, made of oak or similar wood.

Adjective

roborean (comparative more roborean, superlative most roborean)

  1. (obsolete) Synonym of oaken, made of oak or similar wood.
    Synonyms:
    oaken, made of oak or similar wood
  2. (obsolete) Synonym of sturdy, resembling the strength, firmness, &c. of oak.
    Synonyms:
    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.
    Synonyms:
    coarse, resembling the texture of rough-hewn oak or

Synonyms of roborean

  • oaken
  • made of oak or similar wood
  • sturdy
  • resembling the strength
  • firmness
  • &c. of oak
  • coarse
  • resembling the texture of rough-hewn oak or

Forms of roborean

comparativemore roborean
superlativemost roborean

Origin of roborean

From Latin rōboreus (“oaken, sturdy”) + -an (“forming adjectives”), from robur (“reddish oak; strength, hardness”) + -eus (“-eous: forming adjectives”).

Questions about roborean

What does roborean mean?
Roborean means synonym of oaken, made of oak or similar wood.
What part of speech is roborean?
Roborean is an adjective.

Words near roborean in the dictionary

  1. roborates
  2. roborating
  3. roboration
  4. roborative
  5. roboratives
  6. roborean
  7. roboreous
  8. roboroach
  9. roboroaches
  10. Roborough
  11. robos

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