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fortitude
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French, from Latin fortit?d? (“bravery, strength”), from fortis (“brave, strong”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?f??t?tju?d/
- Hyphenation: for?ti?tude
Noun
fortitude (countable and uncountable, plural fortitudes)
- Mental or emotional strength that enables courage in the face of adversity.
- Synonyms: inner strength, moxie, resolve
- (archaic) Physical strength.
Related terms
- forte
- fortify
Translations
French
Etymology
From Old French [Term?], borrowed from Latin fortit?d? (“bravery, strength”), from fortis (“brave, strong”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f??.ti.tyd/
Noun
fortitude f (plural fortitudes)
- fortitude
Related terms
- fort
- fortifier
Further reading
- “fortitude” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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boldness
English
Etymology
From Middle English boldnesse, equivalent to bold +? -ness. Cognate with Scots baldness, bauldness (“boldness”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?bo?ldn?s/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?b??ldn?s/
- Hyphenation: bold?ness
Noun
boldness (usually uncountable, plural boldnesses)
- The state of being bold; courage.
- 1906, Rudyard Kipling, Puck of Pook's Hill
- Then he warmed to it, and smoothly set out all his shifts, malices, and treacheries, his extreme boldnesses (he was desperate bold); his retreats, shufflings, and counterfeitings (he was also inconceivably a coward) […]
- 1906, Rudyard Kipling, Puck of Pook's Hill
- presumptuousness
- (typography) The relative weight of a font; the thickness of its strokes.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:courage
Translations
Anagrams
- bondless
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