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stout-heartedness

stout-heartedness is the alternative form of stoutheartedness.

Meaning of stoutheartedness

Noun

stoutheartedness (uncountable)

  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.1979, Finley Hooper, Roman Realities, →ISBN, page 37
  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.2012, Peter Geye, The Lighthouse Road, →ISBN

Origin of stout-heartedness

From stout-hearted + -ness.

Questions about stout-heartedness

What is stout-heartedness the alternative form of?
Stout-heartedness is the alternative form of stoutheartedness.

Words near stout-heartedness in the dictionary

  1. stoushes
  2. stoushing
  3. stout
  4. stout-hearted
  5. stout-heartedly
  6. stout-heartedness
  7. stout-legged moa
  8. stout-legged moas
  9. Stoute
  10. stouten
  11. Stoutenborough

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