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lion-heartedness

lion-heartedness is the alternative form of lionheartedness.

Meaning of lionheartedness

Noun

lionheartedness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being lionhearted; courage and magnanimity.
    • In the village itself his lionheartedness had been a legend ever since he had brained a burglar with a number seven iron, and the jury in Guildford had, despite the clear direction of the judge, resolutely declined to convict him for the use of unnecessary force.2010, Louis De Bernières, Notwithstanding, →ISBN, page 82

Origin of lion-heartedness

From lion-hearted + -ness.

Questions about lion-heartedness

What is lion-heartedness the alternative form of?
Lion-heartedness is the alternative form of lionheartedness.

Words near lion-heartedness in the dictionary

  1. lion's tail
  2. lion's-den
  3. lion's-dens
  4. lion-hearted
  5. lion-heartedly
  6. lion-heartedness
  7. lion-tailed macaque
  8. lion-tailed macaques
  9. lionback
  10. lionburger
  11. lionburgers

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