hardihood

[ hahr-dee-hood ]

noun

1. boldness or daring; courage.
2. audacity or impudence.
3. strength; power; vigor:

   the hardihood of youth.

4. hardy spirit or character; determination to survive; fortitude:

   the hardihood of early settlers.

hardihood

/ ˈhɑːdɪˌhʊd /

noun

1. courage, daring, or audacity

Word History and Origins

Origin of hardihood¹

First recorded in 1625–35; hardy ¹ + -hood

Example Sentences

The losing side sometimes has the hardihood to think a decision is wrong.

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The young knights to prove their hardihood danced in the armor worn all day,—chain mail jingling in time to the castanets.

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In the wisdom of Socrates you see some higher force than intellectual hardihood or intellectual clearness.

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In carrying away this booty they passed, with great hardihood, close to the fortified post called "Trompetter's Drift."

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The vigor of our culture and the hardihood of our institutions are more manifest out of Massachusetts than in it.

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