HARDINESS

boldness, daring, hardiness, hardihood

(noun) the trait of being willing to undertake things that involve risk or danger; “the proposal required great boldness”; “the plan required great hardiness of heart”

robustness, hardiness, lustiness

(noun) the property of being strong and healthy in constitution

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

hardiness (countable and uncountable, plural hardinesses)

The quality of being hardy.

The quality of being able to withstand fatigue and hardship; (of a plant) the quality of being resistant to cold or other environmental conditions.

(obsolete) The quality of being bold in the face of risk or authority.

Synonyms: hardihood, audacity, boldness, firmness, assurance

(obsolete) Hardship; fatigue.

Anagrams

• shandries

Source: Wiktionary

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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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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