hardihood
Americannoun
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boldness or daring; courage.
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audacity or impudence.
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strength; power; vigor.
the hardihood of youth.
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hardy spirit or character; determination to survive; fortitude.
the hardihood of early settlers.
noun
Etymology
Origin of hardihood
Vocabulary lists containing hardihood
"On Women's Right to Vote" by Susan B. Anthony
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Example Sentences
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Hardihood and fool-hardiness are indeed as different as green and yellow, yet will appear the same to the jaundiced eye.
From Confessions of an Inquiring Spirit and Some Miscellaneous Pieces by Coleridge, Samuel Taylor
Hardihood is the true test, hardihood is the ideal, and not these caperings or ten minutes' spurts.
From Field and Hedgerow Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies by Jefferies, Richard
Hardihood and foolhardiness are indeed as different as green and yellow, yet will appear the same to the jaundiced eye.
From The Best of the World's Classics, Vol. V (of X) - Great Britain and Ireland III by Lodge, Henry Cabot
Hardihood was in every respect so essential to the character of a Highlander, that the reproach of effeminacy was the most bitter which could be thrown upon him.
From The Lady of the Lake by Scott, Walter, Sir
In this Sanctuary he may set at Defiance every Claimant; but if he have the Hardihood to appear Abroad, the Sergeants collar him forthwith.
From The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 3 Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the moors... by Sala, George Augustus
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