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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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invincible
English
Etymology
From Middle French invincible, from Latin invincibilis (“unconquerable”), from in- (“not”) +? vincibilis (“conquerable”), from vincere (“to conquer”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?n?v?ns.?bl?/
- Rhymes: -?bl?
Adjective
invincible (not comparable)
- Impossible to defeat, destroy or kill; too powerful to be defeated or overcome.
- Synonyms: unconquerable, undefeatable
- Antonyms: conquerable, defeatable, vincible, weak
Translations
Noun
invincible (plural invincibles)
- Someone or something that cannot be defeated, destroyed or killed.
- Antonym: vincible
Translations
Further reading
- invincible in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- invincible in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- invincible at OneLook Dictionary Search
French
Etymology
From Middle French invincible, from Latin invincibilis (“unconquerable”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??.v??.sibl/
- Homophone: invincibles
Adjective
invincible (plural invincibles)
- invincible
Further reading
- “invincible” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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