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sturdy

Pronunciation: /ˈstɜːdi/

The English word “sturdy” has 5 meanings listed here.

adjective

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

noun

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

Etymology

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…

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