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hardihood

[ hahr-dee-hoo d ]

/ ˈhɑr diˌhʊd /

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noun

boldness or daring; courage.

audacity or impudence.

strength; power; vigor: the hardihood of youth.

hardy spirit or character; determination to survive; fortitude: the hardihood of early settlers.

Origin of hardihood

First recorded in 1625–35; hardy¹ + -hood

Words nearby hardihood

hardheaded, hardheads, hardhearted, hardicanute, hardie, hardihood, hardily, hardiment, hardin, hardiness, harding

Example sentences from the Web for hardihood

He had a degree of hardihood which I had not; and he utterly lacked my sensibilities.

Charlemont |W. Gilmore Simms
And in truth this bold impertinence of a man did have the hardihood to return to the Commission.

Dead Souls |Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol
I was not sure, however: for I could believe almost anything of the Cornish maiden's hardihood.

Lorna Doone |R. D. Blackmore
But now the old Persian hardihood may perish for all they care, if only they preserve the softness of the Mede.

Cyropaedia |Xenophon

For not yet had he summoned the hardihood to present himself alone at Florrie's home.

The Bells of San Juan |Jackson Gregory

British Dictionary definitions for hardihood

hardihood

/ (ˈhɑːdɪˌhʊd) /

noun

courage, daring, or audacity