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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Scots buirdly, alteration of earlier buirly (“burly”), of uncertain origin.
Adjective
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
Scots
Etymology
Earlier buirly, of uncertain origin. Possibly from Middle English burely, but that itself is of unknown origin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bøːrdlɪ/, /buːrdlɪ/
Adjective
buirdly (comparative mair buirdly, superlative maist buirdly)
- broad, stocky; buirdly