sture
See also: Sture
German
Pronunciation
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Adjective
sture
- inflection of stur:
- strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- strong nominative/accusative plural
- weak nominative all-gender singular
- weak accusative feminine/neuter singular
Scots
Adjective
sture (comparative mair sture, superlative maist sture)
- big, large, stout, burly, substantial.
- of persons: strong, sturdy, stout-hearted, valiant.
- Britons sture, aye kept the floor, An' Denmark hude in awe, man.
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- rough in manner or appearance, grim, gruff, austere, stern, forbidding, hard, determined, unyielding.
- The bairn Alison is not used to such company as a sture auld wife like me.
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- of a sound, of the voice, etc.: deep and hoarse, harsh, gruff, rough.
- Ye may grane out yere ain auld sture and dour laugh.
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