buirdly
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Scots buirdly, alteration of earlier buirly (“burly”), of uncertain origin.
Adjective edit
buirdly (comparative buirdlier, superlative buirdliest)
- (Scotland) Sturdy, well-built; solid, stocky.
- 1933, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Cloud Howe (A Scots Quair), Polygon, published 2006, page 293:
- So John Muir was brought in from his seat in the lorry, he was big and cheery and buirdly, John Muir, a roadman of Segget [...].
Anagrams edit
Scots edit
Etymology edit
Earlier buirly, of uncertain origin. Possibly from Middle English burely, but that itself is of unknown origin.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
buirdly (comparative mair buirdly, superlative maist buirdly)