hefty
Meaning
- 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.
Synonyms
heavy-bodied
thick-bodied
Translations
ganso
kräftig
forte
stevig
puissantFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈhɛfti/
Etymology
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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