buirdly

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buirdly

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

adjective buirdlier · buirdliest

Scotland Sturdy, well-built; solid, stocky. So John Muir was brought in from his seat in the lorry, he was big and cheery and buirdly, John Muir, a roadman of Segget [...].

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@misc{buirdly_2026,
  title = {buirdly},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/buirdly},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}