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rugged (iou) and overegg (oh)


rugged (iou)



rugged adjective. ME.
[Prob. of Scandinavian origin. Cf. RUG noun2, Swedish rugga roughen.]
Hairy, shaggy; (of a horse) rough-coated. Cf. RAGGED adjective 1. ME-E18.
b. Of cloth etc.: woven with a rough surface. M16-E19.
Having irregular projections, broken into irregular prominences; (of the ground) broken, uneven, rough. M16.
W. Robertson Clambering up the rugged track with infinite fatigue. W. Black The curious convolutions of this rugged coast.
b. (Of the face etc.) wrinkled, furrowed; frowning; (of the features) irregular, strongly marked. L16.
P. D. James The rugged, weatherbeaten face, with its look of..fortitude.
a. Of weather etc.: rough, stormy, tempestuous. Now rare. M16.
b. Involving great effort, hardship, etc.; difficult. M18.
J. Pattinson If things get really rugged I just put the bite on my old man.
Rough or harsh in sound. L16.
Of a person, character, etc.: austere, severe, not gentle. L16.
Uncultured, unsophisticated; unrefined; undeveloped. E17.
Taste A simple meal with rugged Wine or beer.
Strong, sturdy; robust, vigorous. M18.
Sir W. Scott Rugged foresters of the old..breed. S. Naipaul The rugged individualism of the frontiersmen.
b. Of a machine etc.: strongly constructed, capable of withstanding rough usage. E20.
Australian Financial Review A rugged all-metal..die-cast body.
ruggedi'zation noun the action or process of making something rugged M20.
ruggedized adjective made rugged M20.
ruggedly adverb LME.
ruggedness noun M16.

overegg (oh)



overegg the pudding
BrE informal to do more than is necessary, or add something that is not needed