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buirdly

uncommon

adjective

1.

muscular and heavily built

  • “a beefy wrestler”
  • “had a tall burly frame”
  • “clothing sizes for husky boys”
  • “a strapping boy of eighteen”
  • “buirdly”
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Origin

Borrowed from Scots buirdly, alteration of earlier buirly (“burly”), of uncertain origin.

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