[ˈstəːdi], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- (of a person or their body) strongly and solidly built
(e.g: he had a sturdy, muscular physique)


Phrases:

Origin:
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], (Noun)

Definitions:
- vertigo in sheep caused by a tapeworm larva encysted in the brain


Phrases:

Origin:
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’)