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hardiness
(mass) | hardiness
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hardiness
(encz) | hardiness,odolnost Jaroslav Šedivý |
Hardiness
(gcide) | Hardiness \Har"di*ness\ (-d[i^]*n[e^]s), n.
1. Capability of endurance.
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2. Hardihood; boldness; firmness; assurance. --Spenser.
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Plenty and peace breeds cowards; Hardness ever
Of hardiness is mother. --Shak.
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They who were not yet grown to the hardiness of
avowing the contempt of the king. --Clarendon.
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3. Hardship; fatigue. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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hardiness
(wn) | hardiness
n 1: the property of being strong and healthy in constitution
[syn: robustness, hardiness, lustiness, validity]
2: 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" [syn: boldness,
daring, hardiness, hardihood] [ant: timidity,
timorousness] |
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foolhardiness
(encz) | foolhardiness,ztřeštěnost v: |
Foolhardiness
(gcide) | Foolhardiness \Fool"har`di*ness\, n.
Courage without sense or judgment; foolish rashness;
recklessness. --Dryden.
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Hardiness
(gcide) | Hardiness \Har"di*ness\ (-d[i^]*n[e^]s), n.
1. Capability of endurance.
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2. Hardihood; boldness; firmness; assurance. --Spenser.
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Plenty and peace breeds cowards; Hardness ever
Of hardiness is mother. --Shak.
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They who were not yet grown to the hardiness of
avowing the contempt of the king. --Clarendon.
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3. Hardship; fatigue. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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foolhardiness
(wn) | foolhardiness
n 1: the trait of giving little thought to danger [syn:
recklessness, foolhardiness, rashness] |
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