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Added 10 October 2026

roboreous

adjective

Latin root: roboreus Wiktionary

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Synonym of oaken, made of oak wood.
Synonym of sturdy, resembling the strength, firmness, &c. of oak.

Origin

From Latin roboreus (“oak, oaken, sturdy”), from robur (“reddish oak; strength, hardness”) + -eus (“-eous: forming adjectives”). Equivalent to roborate + -eous.

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