sturdy
A disease caused by a coenurus infestation in the brain of an animal, especially a…A disease caused by a coenurus infestation in the brain of an animal, especially a sheep or canid; coenurosis.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)A disease caused by a coenurus infestation in the brain of an animal, especially a sheep or canid; coenurosis.
Examples
44 sentencesThe thread is thin but sturdy.
ruНить тонкая, но прочная. — nina99nv
He set up a sturdy sawhorse.
The sturdy ox plowed the field.
They swung from the sturdy branch.
Ziri swung from the sturdy branch.
Origin
From Middle English sturdy, stourdy, stordy (“bold, valiant, strong, stern, fierce, rebellFrom 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.
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Synonyms
2 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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