Meaning

1 senses
  1. (Scotland)Sturdy, well-built; solid, stocky.

More definitions
  • muscular and heavily built

Origin

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

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

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Forms

buirdlier, buirdliest
Comparativebuirdlier Lesson
Superlativebuirdliest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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