buirdly

Thân thiện

A buirdly farmer carries two heavy buckets across the field.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Muscular and heavily built: Describes a person who is strong, sturdy, and has a large, solid physique. It implies a combination of muscular power and substantial physical bulk. This is a Scottish term.

Examples of Usage

• Adjective:
  • The farmer was a buirdly man, well-suited to the hard work.
  • Despite his age, he retained a buirdly frame from his youth as a laborer.

Advanced Usage

• The term buirdly is primarily used in Scottish English and may carry a connotation of rustic strength or hearty robustness, often associated with manual labor or outdoor life.
  • The tales spoke of buirdly highlanders who could lift astonishing weights.

Variants and Related Words

• Burly (adj): This is the more common, non-Scots variant with the same meaning (muscular and heavily built).
  • A burly security guard stood at the door.

Synonyms

• Beefy: Having a solid, fleshy, and strong build.
• Strapping: Tall, strong, and healthy-looking.
• Husky: Big and strong; heavily built.
• Sturdy: Strongly and solidly built.
• Brawny: Physically strong; muscular.

Antonyms

• Slender: Gracefully thin.
• Slight: Small and thin.
• Frail: Weak and delicate.
• Scrawny: Unattractively thin and bony.

Học thuật

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' is a Scottish term

Từ đồng nghĩa

• beefy
• burly
• husky
• strapping