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; see hardy ¹, -ment

Example Sentences

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

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

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

Of Mortimer, in "changing hardiment with great Glendower": "Three times they breathed, and three times did they drink, Upon agreement, of swift Severn's flood."

From The Queen of the Air Being a Study of the Greek Myths of Cloud and Storm by Ruskin, John

But, and the King had only known how Kay had wrought against him, he would not have so highly honoured his chivalry and his hardiment.

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

Vous trouverez bon qu'une mère Vous parle un peu plus hardiment, Et vous verrez qu'également, En tous les temps vous savez plaire.”

From Albert Gallatin American Statesmen Series, Vol. XIII by Stevens, John Austin