robust

ROBUST', adjective [Latin robustus, from robur, strength.] 1. Strong; lusty; sinewy; muscular; vigorous; forceful; as a robust body; robust youth. It implies full flesh and sound health. 2. Sound; vigorous; as robust health. 3. Violent; rough; rude. Romp loving miss is haul'd about in gallantry robust 4. Requiring strength; as robust employment. [Note. This is one of the words in which we observe a strong tendency in practice to accentuate the first syllable, as in access; and there are many situations of the word in which this is the preferable pronunciation. Robustious is extremely vulgar, and in the United States nearly obsolete.]