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sturdy
English
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.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?st??di/
- (US) IPA(key): /?st?rdi/
- Rhymes: -??(r)di
Adjective
sturdy (comparative sturdier, superlative sturdiest)
- Of firm build; stiff; stout; strong.
- 1657, Henry Wotton, Characters of some Kings of England
- He was not of any delicate contexture; his limbs rather sturdy then dainty.
- 1657, Henry Wotton, Characters of some Kings of England
- Solid in structure or person.
- (obsolete) Foolishly obstinate or resolute; stubborn.
- This must be done, and I would fain see / Mortal so sturdy as to gainsay.
- October 28, 1705, Francis Atterbury, a sermon
- A sturdy, hardened sinner shall advance to the utmost pitch of impiety with less reluctance than he took the first steps.
- Resolute, in a good sense; or firm, unyielding quality.
Synonyms
- hardy
Translations
Noun
sturdy (uncountable)
- A disease in sheep and cattle, caused by a tapeworm and marked by great nervousness or by dullness and stupor.
Synonyms
- gid
Derived terms
- sturdied
Translations
References
- sturdy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
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infrangible
English
Etymology
From Old French infrangible, from Medieval Latin in (“not”) + frangibilis, from Latin frangere (“to break”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?n?f?ænd??b?l/
- Rhymes: -ænd??b?l
Adjective
infrangible (comparative more infrangible, superlative most infrangible)
- Unbreakable, indestructible, or very difficult to break.
Derived terms
- infrangibility
- infrangibleness
- infrangibly
Translations
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin infrangiblis.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /im.f?????i.bl?/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /im.f?a??d??i.ble/
Adjective
infrangible (masculine and feminine plural infrangibles)
- unbreakable, infrangible
- Antonyms: frangible, trencable
Derived terms
- infrangibilidad
Further reading
- “infrangible” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French
Etymology
From in- +? frangible.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??.f???.?ibl/
Adjective
infrangible (plural infrangibles)
- indestructible, unbreakable, infrangible
Derived terms
- infrangiblité
Further reading
- “infrangible” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin infrangiblis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /inf?an?xible/, [??.f?ã??xi.??le]
Adjective
infrangible (plural infrangibles)
- unbreakable, infrangible
- Synonym: irrompible
- Antonyms: frangible, rompible
Further reading
- “infrangible” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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