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stoutheartedness

stoutheartedness noun: courage, pluck, boldness.

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
    • The oak (Quercus pedunculata and Q. sessiliflord) our national tree is an emblem of British stoutheartedness and of the British constitution ; which like the tree has continued longer than most of its fellows.1870, Charles Ottley Groom Napier, The book of nature and the book of man, page 88

Forms of stoutheartedness

alternative formstout-heartedness

Origin of stoutheartedness

From stouthearted + -ness.

Questions about stoutheartedness

What does stoutheartedness mean?
Stoutheartedness means courage, pluck, boldness.
What part of speech is stoutheartedness?
Stoutheartedness is a noun.

Words near stoutheartedness in the dictionary

  1. stouter
  2. Stoutes
  3. stoutest
  4. stouthearted
  5. stoutheartedly
  6. stoutheartedness
  7. stouthrie
  8. stouthrief
  9. stouthriefs
  10. stouthries
  11. stoutish

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