buirdly

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adjective

Sturdy, well-built; solid, stocky.

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beefyburlyhuskystrappingrobust
OriginScots buirdly →
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Meanings

adjectivebuirdly (comparative buirdlier, superlative buirdliest)

comparative buirdlier · superlative buirdliest

  1. ScotlandSturdy, 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 [...].

    1933, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Cloud Howe (A Scots Quair), Polygon, published 2006, page 293

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivemuscular and heavily built

Similar
beefyburlyhuskystrappingrobust
Also see
beefybuilt like a brick shithouseburlydicedhuskystockystrappingswoletonk

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Scotsbuirdly
  2. Englishbuirdly

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

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

buirdly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/buirdly

MLA

“buirdly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/buirdly. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “buirdly,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/buirdly.

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