hefty
Signification (Anglais)
- With heft; heavy, strong, vigorous, mighty, impressive
- Strong; bulky.
- Possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful; powerfully or heavily built.
- Heavy, weighing a lot.
- Large, healthy.
Concepts
Synonymes
heavy-bodied
thick-bodied
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Prononcé comme (IPA)
/ˈhɛfti/
Étymologie (Anglais)
In summary
19th century. From heft (“weight”) + -y. The similarity with German heftig (“vigorous, violent, intense”) is apparently coincidental. From the German are Dutch, Danish, Norwegian heftig, Swedish häftig.
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