Definition of STURDY

sturdy

Plural: sturdies

Adjective Satellite

  • having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships
    • "sturdy young athletes"
  • substantially made or constructed
    • "sturdy steel shelves"
    • "sturdy canvas"

Adjective

  • Strong, robust, and durable; firmly built or established.
  • not making concessions

Adj

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

Noun

  • A parasitic disease affecting sheep, causing dizziness and unsteadiness.
  • A disease caused by a coenurus infestation in the brain of an animal, especially a sheep or canid; coenurosis.

Examples

  • a man of sturdy piety or patriotism
  • a sturdy oak tree
  • His sturdy lead made it nearly impossible for his Words With Friends opponent to catch up.
  • It was a sturdy building, able to withstand strong winds and cold weather.
  • Playing ’STURDY’ for its obscure meaning won him points, even if the word sounds odd.
  • The dog was sturdy and could work all day without getting tired.

Origin / 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 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.

Antonyms

compromising

Scrabble Score: 10

sturdy: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
sturdy: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
sturdy: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

sturdy: valid Words With Friends Word