backbonedadj.
Having a backbone; vertebrate. Also figurative.
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vertebral1815
vertebrate1824
vertebrated1828
myelencephalous1846
backboned1860
the mind > will > decision > constancy or steadfastness > [adjective] > capable of moral effort or endurance
strongeOE
dreicha1200
stable13..
wilfulc1330
toughc1400
durable1541
strong-minded1544
unbending1796
cast iron1829
backboned1940
1860 G. H. Lewes Stud. Animal Life iii, in Cornhill Mag. Mar. 291 They are all backboned; they have all an internal skeleton.
1881 St. G. Mivart Cat 451 The Cat then is one of the group of backboned animals.
1940 H. G. Wells All aboard for Ararat i. 27 We'll have clear-headed, back-boned, clean-minded people.
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