burly

Betekenis (Engels)

1. Large, well-built, and muscular.
2. (slang) Great, amazing, unbelievable.
3. (slang) Of large magnitude, either good or bad, and sometimes both.

Concepten

struis

potig

fors

hecht

robuust

sterk

stevig

stoer

dik

zwaar

ferm

Synoniemen

sturdy

strong

husky

portly

stout

robust

corpulent

brawny

stalwart

big

strapping

tough

beefy

stocky

solid

bulky

buirdly

huge

thick

firm

plump

pursy

resistant

rugged

stately

stubbed

tall

thickset

well-knit

well-set

herculean

square-built

heavy-bodied

lusty

blocky

bluff

bouncing

broad

buxom

clumpy

clumsy

coarse

crass

dignified

earthy

elephantine

gross

hefty

lubberly

lumpish

lumpy

able-bodied

noble

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈbɜːli/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: burly

Verwant aan Schots: burely

Overgenomen van Oudengels: *būrlīċ

Overgenomen van Oudengels: *byrlīċ

Verwant aan Oudhoogduits: burlīh

Verwant aan Oudhoogduits: burjan

In summary

From Middle English burly, burely, borly, burlich, borlich, borlic (“tall, stately”), of uncertain origin. Cognate with Scots burely, burly (“rough, stout, sturdy, strong”). Perhaps from Old English *būrlīċ (“noble, stately”, literally “bowerly”), equivalent to bower + -ly; or from Old English *byrlīċ (“high, raised”), from byre (“raised area, mound”), cognate with Old High German burlīh, purlīh (“lofty, elevated, high, exalted”), related to Old High German burjan (“to raise, lift, push up”). See burgeon.