BURLY


Meaning of BURLY in English

■ adjective ( burlier , burliest ) (of a person) large and strong.

Derivatives

burliness noun

Origin

ME (in the sense 'dignified, imposing'): prob. from an unrecorded OE word meaning 'stately, fit for the bower' (see bower 1 , -ly 1 ).

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