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Grammar : Adj
Spell : ruhg-id
Phonetic Transcription : ˈrʌg ɪd



Definition of rugged

Origin :
  • c.1300, "rough, shaggy, careworn" (originally of animals), from Old Norse rogg "shaggy tuft" (see rug). "The precise relationship to ragged is not quite clear, but the stem is no doubt ultimately the same" [OED]. Meaning "vigorous, strong, robust" is American English, by 1848.
  • We were challenged with a peace-time choice between the American system of rugged individualism and a European philosophy of diametrically opposed doctrines -- doctrines of paternalism and state socialism. [Herbert Hoover, speech in New York, Oct. 22, 1928]
  • Hoover said the phrase was not his own, and it is attested from 1897, though not in a patriotic context. Related: Ruggedly; ruggedness.
  • adj bumpy, weathered
  • adj severe, violent
  • adj uncouth, crude
  • adj difficult, rigorous
  • adj big, strong
Example sentences :
  • "Old John will bide at home, sire," said the rugged soldier.
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • But the way was rugged, broken, and in spots nearly impassable.
  • Extract from : « The Last of the Mohicans » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • His voice sounded strangely soft from one so large and rugged.
  • Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown
  • His rugged face was deeply lined, and I noticed a little gray in his hair.
  • Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole
  • Did Orpheus by his lay humanize the rugged beasts and teach the forests to listen?
  • Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin
  • He is at present apt to be too rugged, and, in consequence, to lose size.
  • Extract from : « Modern Painters Volume I (of V) » by John Ruskin
  • He found something in the bronzed, rugged face that was unusually sardonic.
  • Extract from : « The Snare » by Rafael Sabatini
  • But the path of learning is sometimes too rugged for their tender feet.
  • Extract from : « The Comic Latin Grammar » by Percival Leigh
  • He was breathing hard, and fear was writ large upon his rugged face.
  • Extract from : « The Tavern Knight » by Rafael Sabatini
  • He composed his rugged features into the rude semblance of a smile.
  • Extract from : « Love-at-Arms » by Raphael Sabatini

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