Meaning of HARDINESS
| Pronunciation: | | 'hârdeenis
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| | Definition: | | [n] the property of strong in constitution |
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| | Synonyms: | | lustiness, robustness |
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| | See Also: | | strength | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Har"di*ness\, n.
1. Capability of endurance.
2. Hardihood; boldness; firmness; assurance. --Spenser.
Plenty and peace breeds cowards; Hardness ever Of
hardiness is mother. --Shak.
They who were not yet grown to the hardiness of
avowing the contempt of the king. --Clarendon.
3. Hardship; fatigue. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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| | Related Terms: | | assurance, audacity, brashness, bulldog courage, cohesiveness, decisiveness, durability, endurance, energy, force, fortitude, gameness, gaminess, grittiness, guts, gutsiness, haleness, hardihood, hardness, heartiness, infrangibility, intestinal fortitude, lastingness, leatherlikeness, longevity, lustihood, lustiness, mettlesomeness, might, mightiness, nerve, nerviness, obstinacy, pertinaciousness, pertinacity, pluckiness, potency, power, powerfulness, resistance, resoluteness, resolution, robustness, ropiness, ruggedness, spunkiness, stalwartness, stamina, staying power, sticking power, stiffness, stoutness, strength, strength of will, stringiness, stubbornness, sturdiness, tenaciousness, tenacity, toughness, unbreakability, unbreakableness, vigor, vigorousness, viscidity, vitality |
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