thrush

Meaning

Noun

• Any of numerous species of songbirds of the cosmopolitan family Turdidae, such as the song thrush, mistle thrush, bluebird, and American robin.
• A female singer.
• A fungal infection caused by Candida, now especially of the vagina; candidiasis.

Related

Similar words

• candidiasis

Origin

• From Middle English thrusche, þrusch, þresche, from a combination of Old English þrysċe (from Proto-Germanic *þruskijǭ, a diminutive of Proto-Germanic *þruskō) and Old English þræsċe (from Proto-Germanic *þrauskǭ and/or *þrastuz); all from Proto-Indo-European *trosdos. Cognate with German Drossel, Old Norse þrǫstr, Latin turdus, Lithuanian strazdas ("thrush"), Middle Irish truid, Welsh drudwy ("starling"), Old Church Slavonic дрозгъ, Russian дрозд.
• Origin uncertain; perhaps compare Icelandic þröstur, Danish trøske, from Proto-Germanic *þrastuz, from Proto-Indo-European *trosdos.