buirdly

adjective

1. Sturdy, 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 [...].

Where it comes from

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

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry buirdly (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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