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stoutheartedness

noun

Etymology

From stouthearted + -ness.

  1. inherited from herted
  2. formed as stouthearted — “stout + hearted”
  3. suffixed as stoutheartedness — “stouthearted + ness”

Definitions

  1. Courage, pluck, boldness.

    • Horatius, on duty when the enemy attacked, displayed a stoutheartedness unmatched by his companions. He kept them from running away by promising to hold off the enemy while they destroyed the bridge behind him.

  2. Resoluteness, fortitude, dauntlessness.

    • In a vacant gesture the foreman began making rounds during breakfast, glad-handing the men as they sulked over their porridge and coffee, reminding them of their fortitude and stoutheartedness.
    • The oak (Quercus pedunculata and Q. sessiliflord) our national tree is an emblem of British stoutheartedness and of the British constitution ; which like the tree has continued longer than most of its fellows.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA