roborean

== English == === Etymology === From Latin rōboreus (“oaken, sturdy”) +‎ -an (“forming adjectives”), from robur (“reddish oak; strength, hardness”) + -eus (“-eous: forming adjectives”). === Adjective === roborean (comparative more roborean, superlative most roborean) (obsolete) Synonym of oaken, made of oak or similar wood. (obsolete) Synonym of sturdy, resembling the strength, firmness, &c. of oak. (obsolete) Synonym of coarse, resembling the texture of rough-hewn oak or (figurative) rough in other ways. ==== Related terms ==== === References === “† roborean, adj.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.