rugged


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
rugged /ˈrʌgɪd/
adjective
  • 1 having a rocky and uneven surface.
  • 2 having or requiring toughness and determination.

    ■ (of a man) having attractively masculine, rough-hewn features.

– derivatives
ruggedly adverb,
ruggedness noun.
– origin ME (in the sense ‘shaggy’): prob. of Scand. origin; cf. rug.
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