Adjective

(en adjective)

(not comparable) Of or relating to astronomy.

* 1839 , (Edgar Allan Poe), ,

Finally, all men saw that astronomical knowledge lied not, and they awaited the comet.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2012-03

, author= , title=Pixels or Perish , volume=100, issue=2, page=106 , magazine= citation , passage=Drawings and pictures are more than mere ornaments in scientific discourse. Blackboard sketches, geological maps, diagrams of molecular structure, astronomical photographs, MRI images, the many varieties of statistical charts and graphs: These pictorial devices are indispensable tools for presenting evidence, for explaining a theory, for telling a story.}}

(comparable) Very large; of vast measure.

* 1959 , (Andre Norton), ,

At the moment he wondered why anyone would want to visit Khatka, let alone pay some astronomical sum for the privilege.

Adjective

(er)

large; bulky, thickset; corpulent, fat.

(obsolete) bold, strong-minded; lusty; vigorous; robust; sinewy; muscular.

* Shakespeare

a stouter champion never handled sword

* Clarendon

He lost the character of a bold, stout , magnanimous man.

* Daniel

The lords all stand / To clear their cause, most resolutely stout .

(obsolete) proud; haughty; arrogant; hard.

* Bible, Mal. iii. 13

Your words have been stout against me.

* Latimer

Commonly they that be rich are lofty and stout .

firm; resolute; dauntless.

materially strong, enduring.

Campers prefer stout vessels, sticks and cloth.

* {{quote-book, year=1913, author=

, title=Lord Stranleigh Abroad , chapter=4 citation , passage=Nothing could be more business-like than the construction of the stout dams, and nothing more gently rural than the limpid lakes, with the grand old forest trees marshalled round their margins … .}}

obstinate.