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unˈhardy, a. (un-1 7.)
1377Langl. P. Pl. B. Prol. 180 [They] helden hem vn⁓hardy and here conseille feble. c1386Chaucer Reeve's T. 4208, I wil arise, and auntre it by my fayth: Vnhardy is vn⁓seely, thus men sayth. 1430–40Lydg. Bochas iv. viii. (1554) 105 Nother heauenly gods nor fortune blind of syght Wer both vnhardy tattempt agein his might. 1539Taverner Erasm. Prov. (1545) 79 With sluggers or unhardy persons, it is alwayes holy daye. 1611Speed Hist. Gt. Brit. ix. xi. §5. 555/1 Neither yet was he vnhardie in Arms. 1671Milton P.R. iii. 243 The wisest, unexperienc't, will be ever..Irresolute, unhardy, unadventrous. |