strongheartedness
nounEtymology
From Middle English stronghartydnes, equivalent to stronghearted + -ness.
- inherited from stronghartydnes
Definitions
Resilience, endurance.
- As Cooper pointed out, among the foremost of the nineteenth-century Gros Ventre character ideals were "strongheartedness" and the ability to "bear and forgo."
Courage, bravery.
- And desertion was noticeably worse among soldiers of lower classes than it was among those of moderate and superior means. But there were, of course, innumerable instances of strongheartedness among the humblest of Rebs.
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA