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
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.
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Source: Wiktionary
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
26 November 2024
(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
