hardiment

American  

[hahr-dee-muhnt] / ˈhɑr di mənt /

noun

Archaic.

1. hardihood.

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Etymology

Origin of hardiment

1325–75; Middle English < Old French; hardy ¹, -ment

Example Sentences

And as they forward went,      They spyde a knight faire pricking on the plaine, 8 As if he were on some aduenture bent,    And in his port appeared manly hardiment.

From The Faerie Queene — Volume 01 by Spenser, Edmund

Pour dire que le gnosticisme ou l'ébionitisme sont les formes légitimes de la pensée chrétienne il faut dire hardiment qu'il n'y a pas de pensée chrétienne, ni de caractère spécifique qui la fasse reconnaître.

From The Kingdom of God Is Within You by Garnett, Constance

Briant of the Isles was of great power in those times, a knight of great strength and hardiment, for all Great Britain had had many disputes between him and King Arthur.

From The High History of the Holy Graal by Evans, Sebastian

To call to proof of hardiment the man Who entertains him in a foreign land, Would but evince the challenger a fool, Who, so, would cripple his own interest there.

From The Odyssey of Homer by Cowper, William

She answered, 'Approchez hardiment, je ne m'envouleray pas.'

From The Valet's tragedy, and other studies by Lang, Andrew