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hardiness|ˈhɑːdɪnɪs|
[f. hardy a. + -ness.]
The quality or condition of being hardy.
1. Boldness, daring; audacity; hardihood. Now somewhat rare.
1297R. Glouc. (1724) 64 He..the emperour with stod, And dredde of hys hardynesse. 1393Langl. P. Pl. C. xxi. 80 No boye hadde hardinesse hym to touche in deyinge. c1450Merlin 231 A yonge knyght of grete hardynesse. 1561Eden Arte Navig. Pref. {fatpara}{fatpara}j, Accoumpting desperatnesse for boldnesse, rashnesse for hardinesse. 1647Clarendon Hist. Reb. vi. §261 There being none that had the hardiness yet to declare..for the King. 1814Southey in Q. Rev. XII. 76 [Du Bartas] coining words when he did not find them ready minted for his use, introducing new compounds, good or bad, with equal hardiness. 1866R. Chambers Ess. Ser. i. 27 To execute a purpose so lofty..would have..required great hardiness of heart.
2. Capability of endurance, physical or mental. Now chiefly, Physical robustness.
1642Milton Apol. Smect. Wks. (1847) 80/1 Preserving the Body's health and hardiness. 1781Gibbon Decl. & F. II. xl. 490 Luxury enervated the hardiness of their minds and bodies. 1789Bentham Princ. Legisl. vi. §9 The external indications of hardiness are the firmness of the muscular fibres and the callosity of the skin. 1834Penny Cycl. II. 189/1 [The apple] from its hardiness and great abundance, is one of the most important productions of cold climates. 1879Cassell's Techn. Educ. IV. 39/1 The extreme hardiness of the race.
¶ Catachr. for hardness. (Often an error of copyists and editors.)
1539Taverner Gard. Wysed. i. 3 a, The office of a capitayne is agaynst rebelles to use hardynesse, and agaynst his liege subiectes, gentylnesse. 1596Spenser State Irel. (Globe) 640/1 Great endurours of cold, hunger, and all hardiness. |