buirdly
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Scots buirdly, alteration of earlier buirly (“burly”), of uncertain origin.
Adjective
editbuirdly (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
editScots
editEtymology
editEarlier buirly, of uncertain origin. Possibly from Middle English burely, but that itself is of unknown origin.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editbuirdly (comparative mair buirdly, superlative maist buirdly)