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thick
English
Alternative forms
- (meme slang: curvy): thicc
Etymology
From Middle English thicke, from Old English þicce (“thick, dense”), from Proto-West Germanic *þikkw?, from Proto-Germanic *þekuz (“thick”), from Proto-Indo-European *tégus (“thick”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: th?k
- (Received Pronunciation, General American, General Australian) IPA(key): /??k/
- (General New Zealand) IPA(key): /??k/
- Rhymes: -?k
Adjective
thick (comparative thicker, superlative thickest)
- Relatively great in extent from one surface to the opposite in its smallest solid dimension.
- Synonyms: broad; see also Thesaurus:wide
- Antonyms: slim, thin; see also Thesaurus:narrow
- Measuring a certain number of units in this dimension.
- Heavy in build; thickset.
- Synonyms: chunky, solid, stocky, thickset
- Antonyms: slender, slight, slim, svelte, thin; see also Thesaurus:slender
- Densely crowded or packed.
- Synonyms: crowded, dense, packed; see also Thesaurus:compact
- Antonyms: sparse; see also Thesaurus:diffuse
- Having a viscous consistency.
- Synonyms: glutinous, viscous; see also Thesaurus:viscous
- Antonyms: free-flowing, runny; see also Thesaurus:runny
- Abounding in number.
- Synonyms: overflowing, swarming, teeming; see also Thesaurus:plentiful
- Antonyms: scant, scarce, slight
- Impenetrable to sight.
- Synonyms: dense, opaque, solid; see also Thesaurus:opaque
- Antonyms: thin, transparent; see also Thesaurus:transparent
- (Of an accent) Prominent, strong.
- Greatly evocative of one's nationality or place of origin.
- Difficult to understand, or poorly articulated.
- Synonyms: unclear; see also Thesaurus:incomprehensible
- Antonyms: clear, lucid; see also Thesaurus:comprehensible
- Greatly evocative of one's nationality or place of origin.
- (informal) Stupid.
- Synonyms: dense, (informal) dumb, stupid, (taboo slang) thick as pigshit, (slang) thick as two short planks; see also Thesaurus:stupid
- Antonyms: (informal) brainy, intelligent, smart; see also Thesaurus:intelligent
- (informal) Friendly or intimate.
- Synonyms: (UK, informal) chummy, close, close-knit, friendly, (informal) pally, intimate, tight-knit
- Antonym: unacquainted
- 1859, Thomas Hughes, The Scouring of the White Horse
- Jem is a tall, good-looking fellow, as old as I am, and that's twenty-one last birthday; we came into the office together years ago, and have been very thick ever since
- Deep, intense, or profound.
- Synonyms: great, extreme
- (Britain, dated) troublesome; unreasonable
- 1969 Anita Leslie, Lady Randolph Churchill, New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, page 288:
- "Of course I was eager to put her affairs in order," George told my father, "but I found it a bit thick when expected to pay for Lord Randolph Churchill's barouche purchased in the '80s."
- 1969 Anita Leslie, Lady Randolph Churchill, New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, page 288:
- (slang, chiefly of women) Curvy and voluptuous, and especially having large hips.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:voluptuous
Derived terms
Translations
Adverb
thick (comparative thicker, superlative thickest)
- In a thick manner.
- Snow lay thick on the ground.
- Frequently or numerously.
- The arrows flew thick and fast around us.
Translations
Noun
thick (plural thicks)
- The thickest, or most active or intense, part of something.
- He through a little window cast his sight / Through thick of bars, that gave a scanty light.
- A thicket.
- gloomy thicks
- (slang) A stupid person; a fool.
Derived terms
- in the thick of
- through thick and thin
Translations
Verb
thick (third-person singular simple present thicks, present participle thicking, simple past and past participle thicked)
- (archaic, transitive, intransitive) To thicken.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:thicken
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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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