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Definition of: robust
(rō·bust′, rō′bust) adjective
1. Possessing or characterized by great strength or endurance; rugged; healthy.
2. Requiring strength.
3. Violent; rude.
4. Rich, as in flavor: a robust soup. See synonyms under FIRM, POWERFUL, STRONG. [<L robustus <robur, roboris, a hard variety of oak, strength]
—ro·bust′ly adverb
—ro·bust′ness noun
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