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Word: Sturdy
Speech Type: Adjective
Middle English (in the senses ‘reckless, violent’ and ‘intractable, obstinate’): shortening of Old French esturdi ‘stunned, dazed’. The derivation remains obscure; thought by some to be based on Latin turdus ‘a thrush’ (compare with the French phrase soûl comme une grive ‘drunk as a thrush’)
ˈstəːdi
(of a person or their body) strongly and solidly built
Short Definition:strongly and solidly built
Examples:- he had a sturdy, muscular physique
Word: Sturdy
Speech Type: Noun
ˈstəːdi
vertigo in sheep caused by a tapeworm larva encysted in the brain.
Short Definition:vertigo in sheep caused by tapeworm larva encysted in brain
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