All 6 Uses of
robust
in
Moby Dick
- Why is almost every robust healthy boy with a robust healthy soul in him, at some time or other crazy to go to sea?†
Chpt 1-3 *
- Why is almost every robust healthy boy with a robust healthy soul in him, at some time or other crazy to go to sea?†
Chpt 1-3
- I had not been seated very long ere a man of a certain venerable robustness entered; immediately as the storm-pelted door flew back upon admitting him, a quick regardful eyeing of him by all the congregation, sufficiently attested that this fine old man was the chaplain.†
Chpt 7-9
- He looked like a man cut away from the stake, when the fire has overrunningly wasted all the limbs without consuming them, or taking away one particle from their compacted aged robustness.†
Chpt 28-30
- When Angelo paints even God the Father in human form, mark what robustness is there.†
Chpt 85-87
- The firmaments of air and sea were hardly separable in that all-pervading azure; only, the pensive air was transparently pure and soft, with a woman's look, and the robust and man-like sea heaved with long, strong, lingering swells, as Samson's chest in his sleep.†
Chpt 130-132
Definition:
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(robust) strongThe exact meaning of robust can depend upon its context. For example:
- "a robust person" -- strong and healthy
- "a robust system" -- unlikely to fail
- "a robust defense" -- strong and energetic
- "robust flavor" -- strong, rich, and complex