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.

Nearby words

hardheads, hardhearted, hardheartedly, hardicanute, hardie, hardihood, hardily, hardiment, hardin, hardin, john, hardin, john wesley

Origin of hardihood

First recorded in 1625–35; hardy¹ + -hood

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Examples 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

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hardihood

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hardihood

noun