Post by t-bob on Feb 8, 2019 10:07:06 GMT -5
ROBORANT
adjective
1. strengthening.
noun
1. a tonic.
Quotes
... they put him to bed in the rest room, where the doctor gave him a roborant injection. -- Thomas Glavinic, Carl Haffner's Love of the Draw, translated by John Brownjohn, 1999 The label, designed for the English speaking market, gives this description of its virtues: "Nutritious and roborant: promoting the brain and recovering the memory: strengthening the organs and systems of generations." -- Jack Anderson, "Fat Cats Show They Care," Daytona Beach Morning Journal, Saturday October 7, 1972
Origin
Roborant comes from Latin rōborant- (the stem of rōborāns), present participle of rōborāre “to strengthen, invigorate,” a derivative of the noun rōbor (stem rōbur-) “oak, oak tree.” From rōborāre Latin forms corrōborāre “to strengthen, harden” (English corroborate). Latin also has an archaic form rōbus for rōbur, and the archaic form clearly shows the source of Latin rōbustus “strong, powerful” (English robust). The Latin noun rōbus is akin to the adjective rōbus “red” and dialectal rūfus “light red, fox red” (English rufous), the noun rōbīgō (also rūbīgō), stem rōbīgin- (rūbīgin-) “rust,” and its derivative adjective rōbīginōsus “rusty” (English rubiginous). Roborant entered English in the 17th century
adjective
1. strengthening.
noun
1. a tonic.
Quotes
... they put him to bed in the rest room, where the doctor gave him a roborant injection. -- Thomas Glavinic, Carl Haffner's Love of the Draw, translated by John Brownjohn, 1999 The label, designed for the English speaking market, gives this description of its virtues: "Nutritious and roborant: promoting the brain and recovering the memory: strengthening the organs and systems of generations." -- Jack Anderson, "Fat Cats Show They Care," Daytona Beach Morning Journal, Saturday October 7, 1972
Origin
Roborant comes from Latin rōborant- (the stem of rōborāns), present participle of rōborāre “to strengthen, invigorate,” a derivative of the noun rōbor (stem rōbur-) “oak, oak tree.” From rōborāre Latin forms corrōborāre “to strengthen, harden” (English corroborate). Latin also has an archaic form rōbus for rōbur, and the archaic form clearly shows the source of Latin rōbustus “strong, powerful” (English robust). The Latin noun rōbus is akin to the adjective rōbus “red” and dialectal rūfus “light red, fox red” (English rufous), the noun rōbīgō (also rūbīgō), stem rōbīgin- (rūbīgin-) “rust,” and its derivative adjective rōbīginōsus “rusty” (English rubiginous). Roborant entered English in the 17th century
