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hardihood|ˈhɑːdɪhʊd|
[f. hardy a. + -hood.]
The quality or condition of being hardy.
1. Boldness, hardiness; audacity.
1634Milton Comus 650 With dauntless hardihood, And brandish'd blade, rush on him. 1849Macaulay Hist. Eng. vii, More than one day..was retrieved by the hardi-hood with which he rallied his broken battalions. 1860Maury Phys. Geog. Sea ii. §82 That the winds do make currents in the sea no one will have the hardihood to deny.
2. Robustness (of body or constitution). rare.
1794S. Williams Vermont 165 Amidst the rudeness and hardihood of the savage state. 1807G. Chalmers Caledonia I. ii. vi. 304 The vigour of his mind was properly supported by the hardyhood of his body. 1861Delamer Fl. Gard. 148 Their hardihood is not to be depended on, and they can only be trusted as conservatory plants here. |