sturdy

1
[ stur-dee ]
/ ˈstɜr di /

adjective, stur·di·er, stur·di·est.

strongly built; stalwart; robust: sturdy young athletes.
strong, as in substance, construction, or texture: sturdy walls.
firm; courageous; indomitable: the sturdy defenders of the Alamo.
of strong or hardy growth, as a plant.

Origin of sturdy

1
1250–1300; Middle English stourdi < Old French estourdi dazed, stunned, violent, reckless (past participle of estourdir < ?)

OTHER WORDS FROM sturdy

stur·di·ly, adverb stur·di·ness, noun un·stur·di·ly, adverb un·stur·di·ness, noun

Definition for sturdy (2 of 2)

sturdy 2
[ stur-dee ]
/ ˈstɜr di /

noun Veterinary Pathology.

gid.

Origin of sturdy

2
1560–70; noun use of sturdy1 in obsolete sense “giddy”

OTHER WORDS FROM sturdy

stur·died, adjective

British Dictionary definitions for sturdy (1 of 2)

sturdy 1
/ (ˈstɜːdɪ) /

adjective -dier or -diest

healthy, strong, and vigorous
strongly built; stalwart

Derived forms of sturdy

sturdily, adverb sturdiness, noun

Word Origin for sturdy

C13 (in the sense: rash, harsh): from Old French estordi dazed, from estordir to stun, perhaps ultimately related to Latin turdus a thrush (taken as representing drunkenness)

British Dictionary definitions for sturdy (2 of 2)

sturdy 2
/ (ˈstɜːdɪ) /

noun

vet science another name for staggers, gid

Derived forms of sturdy

sturdied, adjective

Word Origin for sturdy

C17: from sturdy 1 (in the obsolete sense: giddy)