sturdy

Meaning

Adj

1. Of firm build; stiff; stout; strong.
2. Solid in structure or person.
3. (obsolete) Foolishly obstinate or resolute; stubborn.
4. Resolute, in a good sense; or firm, unyielding quality.

Noun

A disease caused by a coenurus infestation in the brain of an animal, especially a sheep or canid; coenurosis.

Synonyms

strong

robust

stout

durable

firm

stalwart

solid

tough

stocky

burly

hardy

brawny

vigorous

muscular

powerful

sound

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long-lasting

fat

thickset

uncompromising

hefty

substantial

tenacious

enduring

rugged

inflexible

athletic

round

husky

portly

noble

hearty

healthy

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able-bodied

resistant

forceful

well-built

lusty

stubby

be thick

sinewy

brave

bold

heavyset

big

puissant

daring

hard

massive

gallant

Translations

robuste

solide

robusto

fuerte

potig

kräftig

costaud

stevig

fors

robuust

ferm

robusto

stämmig

stoer

sólido

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈstɜːdi/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: sturdy

In summary

From Middle English sturdy, stourdy, stordy (“bold, valiant, strong, stern, fierce, rebellious”) (perhaps influenced by Middle English sture, stoure, stor (“strong, robust, harsh, stern, violent, fierce, sturdy”); see English stour), from Old French estourdi (“dazed”), form of estourdir, originally “to daze, to make tipsy (almost drunk)” (Modern French étourdir (“to daze, to make tipsy”)), from Vulgar Latin *exturdire. Latin etymology is unclear – presumably it is ex- + turdus (“thrush (bird)”), but how this should mean “daze” is unclear. A speculative theory is that thrushes eat leftover winery grapes and thus became drunk, but this meets with objections.
Disease in cows and sheep is by extension of sense of “daze”, while sense of “strongly built” is of late 14th century, and relationship to earlier sense is less clear, perhaps from sense of a firm strike (causing a daze) or a strong, violent person.