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roborant

[ rob-er-uhnt ]

adjective



noun

  1. a tonic.

roborant

/ ˈrəʊbərənt; ˈrɒb- /

adjective

  1. tending to fortify or increase strength
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a drug or agent that increases strength
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of roborant1

1655–65; < Latin °ùŲú´Ç°ù²¹²Ô³Ù- (stem of °ùŲú´Ç°ùÄå²Ô²õ ), present participle of °ùŲú´Ç°ùÄå°ù±ð to strengthen, equivalent to °ùŲú´Ç°ù- (stem of °ùŲú³Ü°ù ) oak, hardness + -ant- -ant
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of roborant1

C17: from Latin °ù´Ç²ú´Ç°ùÄå°ù±ð to strengthen, from °ùŲú³Ü°ù an oak
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Example Sentences

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Cultural critics who consider the Japanese unmoored in a materialist world look to the mountains for a roborant spiritual cure.

From

As long ago as in the seventeenth century depletion in diphtheria was condemned, and in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries the local treatment with muriatic acid and the internal administration of cinchona, camphor, and roborant diet were held to be the only admissible ones.

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Roborant, rob′or-ant, adj. giving strength.—n. a strengthening medicine.—adj.

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And the Bath strengthens and tones the nervous system far more than any tonic we wot of, moreover its constant use makes the work which the liver and spleen have to perform, mere play, so to speak; and if the Bath invigorates muscle—and we know it does—it must act as a roborant or tonic to the heart itself, which is composed for the most part of muscular tissues.

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Apodeictic, muliebrity, mansuetude, even caducity, caliginosity, nitid, agrestic, roborant or vilipend have Latin or Greek roots that are very familiar to me and most high school graduates.

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