sturdy
adjective
[ ˈstəːdi ]
• (of a person or their body) strongly and solidly built.
• "he had a sturdy, muscular physique"
Similar:
strapping,
well built,
well made,
muscular,
athletic,
strong,
hefty,
brawny,
powerfully built,
powerful,
solidly built,
solid,
burly,
stocky,
thickset,
rugged,
substantial,
robust,
vigorous,
tough,
hardy,
mighty,
lusty,
Herculean,
fit,
able-bodied,
healthy,
in good health,
hale and hearty,
hearty,
hale,
in good shape,
in good condition,
sound,
sound in body and limb,
husky,
beefy,
meaty,
chunky,
fit as a fiddle,
ripped,
shredded,
buff,
jacked,
stalwart,
thewy,
stark,
sturdy
noun
• vertigo in sheep caused by a tapeworm larva encysted in the brain.
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’).
