Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Capability of endurance; physical vigor.
- noun Hardihood; audacity; effrontery.
- noun Hardness.
- noun Hardship; suffering.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Capability of endurance.
- noun Hardihood; boldness; firmness; assurance.
- noun obsolete Hardship; fatigue.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The state of being
hardy , especially (of a plant) of being resistant to cold or other environmental conditions. - noun obsolete
hardihood ;boldness ;firmness ;assurance - noun obsolete
hardship ;fatigue
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- noun the property of being strong and healthy in constitution
- noun the trait of being willing to undertake things that involve risk or danger
Etymologies
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Examples
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N.E. HANSE., HORTICULTURIST, BROOKINGS, S.D. By the term hardiness is understood the capacity to resist against any special condition of environment.
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On his own initiative, he launched himself on a course of self-improvement that bolstered the inner quality that positive psychologist Salvatore Maddi calls "hardiness."
Jeff Wise: Forging a Soul of Iron Jeff Wise 2011
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On his own initiative, he launched himself on a course of self-improvement that bolstered the inner quality that positive psychologist Salvatore Maddi calls "hardiness."
Jeff Wise: Forging a Soul of Iron Jeff Wise 2011
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It is also more disease resistant due to a looser cluster and has greater winter hardiness, which is critical for the Finger Lakes region.
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It is also more disease resistant due to a looser cluster and has greater winter hardiness, which is critical for the Finger Lakes region.
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The first was hardiness, which is noted when it is said that he went to the prince of the priests, and as the gloss saith, not called, but by his own will and envy that enticed him.
The Golden Legend, vol. 2 1230-1298 1900
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A similar effect will also be felt in the northward shift of what is known as the hardiness zones -- meaning that northern countries where allergies were once rare may no longer be as safe.
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A similar effect will also be felt in the northward shift of what is known as the hardiness zones -- meaning that northern countries where allergies were once rare may no longer be as safe.
Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming RSS Newsfeed 2008
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Traits such as hardiness can be selected for or ignored.
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He drew daily, favoring the broken stumps and butt ends of Conte crayons to achieve hardiesse, which sounds like "hardiness" but really means "audacity."
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"Fair sir, said he, it is the Castle of Maidens. That is a cursed castle, said Galahad, and all they that be conversant therein, for all pity is out thereof, and all hardiness and mischief is therein."
- Thomas Malory, 'The Holy Grail'.
September 8, 2009