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fortitudes

fortitudes is the plural of fortitude.

Meaning of fortitude

Noun

fortitude (countable and uncountable, plural fortitudes)

  1. Mental or emotional strength that enables courage in the face of adversity.
    • I am able now (me thinkes) / (Out of a Fortitude of Soule, I feele) / To endure more Miſeries, […]1613 (date written), William Shakespeare, [John Fletcher], “The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio)...
  2. (archaic) Physical strength.
    • The Turke with moſt mighty preparation makes for Cipres. Othello, the fortitude of the place, is beſt knowne to you, […]c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Tragœdy of Othello, the Moore of Venice. […] (First Quarto), London: […] N[icholas] O[kes] for Thomas Walkley, […], published 1622, →OCLC, [Act...

Questions about fortitudes

What is fortitudes the plural of?
Fortitudes is the plural of fortitude.

Words near fortitudes in the dictionary

  1. fortites
  2. fortiting
  3. fortition
  4. fortitions
  5. fortitude
  6. fortitudes
  7. fortitudinous
  8. fortlet
  9. fortlets
  10. fortlike
  11. Fortman

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