hardiment
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of hardiment
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
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
Like hardiment Posthumus hath to Cymbeline perform'd: Then Iupiter, y King of Gods, why hast y thus adiourn'd The Graces for his Merits due, being all to dolors turn'd?
From Cymbeline by Shakespeare, William
King Madeglant is of great hardiment as of words, but in arms will he not vanquish you so soon.
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
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
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
