hardihood
noun
har·di·hood
ˈhär-dē-ˌhu̇d 
1
a
: resolute courage and fortitude
b
: resolute and self-assured audacity often carried to the point of impudent insolence
2
: vigor, robustness
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the 80-year-old grandmother attributes her hardihood to having eaten a cup of yogurt every day for the past 50 years
the explorers were driven by an almost reckless hardihood in the face of the unknown
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My father had been a leading Mountaineer and would still maintain the general superiority in skill and hardihood of the Above Boys (his own faction) over the Below Boys (so were they called), of which party his contemporary had been a chieftain.
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Lance Eliot, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2022
There is little question that Reagan, for all his physical hardihood and strength of will, was no longer up to the task of serving a third term beginning in 1989.
—Dan McLaughlin, National Review, 18 Sep. 2020
And yet Andrew Johnson, with unblushing hardihood, undertook to rule them by his own power alone.
—Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2019
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Lance Eliot, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2022
There is little question that Reagan, for all his physical hardihood and strength of will, was no longer up to the task of serving a third term beginning in 1989.
—Dan McLaughlin, National Review, 18 Sep. 2020
And yet Andrew Johnson, with unblushing hardihood, undertook to rule them by his own power alone.
—Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2019
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“Hardihood.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hardihood. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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hardihood
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har·di·hood
ˈhärd-ē-ˌhu̇d
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