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hardy
English
Etymology
From Middle English hardy, hardi, from Old French hardi (“hardy, daring, stout, bold”). Old French hardi is usually regarded as the past participle of hardir ("to harden, be bold, make bold"; compare Occitan ardir, Italian ardire), from Frankish *hardijan; but it may also have come directly from Frankish *hardi, a secondary form of Frankish *hard (compare Old High German harti, herti, secondary forms of Old High German hart (“hard”)); or even yet from Frankish *hardig (compare Middle Low German herdich (“persevering”), Old Danish hærdig, Norwegian herdig, Swedish härdig (“vigorous, courageous”)). Cognate with hard. May have at some point also been surface analysed as hard + -y.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?h??di/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?h??di/
- Rhymes: -??(?)di
Adjective
hardy (comparative hardier, superlative hardiest)
- Having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships.
- (botany) Able to survive adverse growing conditions.
- A hardy plant is one that can withstand the extremes of climate, such as frost.
- 2012, David L. Culp, The Layered Garden: Design Lessons for Year-Round Beauty from Brandywine Cottage, Timber Press, page 503:
- By watching where the snow melted first, I discovered warmer spots that I knew would be possible locations for late-winter bloomers or borderline hardy plants.
- Brave and resolute.
- Impudent.
Synonyms
- robust
- rugged
- strong
Derived terms
- half-hardy
- hardily
- hardiness
- cold hardy
- hardihead
- hardihood
Related terms
- foolhardy
Translations
Noun
hardy (plural hardies)
- (usually in the plural) Anything, especially a plant, that is hardy.
- A blacksmith's fuller or chisel, having a square shank for insertion into a square hole in an anvil, called the hardy hole.
Anagrams
- Hydra, hydra
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French hardi.
Adjective
hardy m (feminine singular hardye, masculine plural hardys, feminine plural hardyes)
- hardy (having rugged physical strength)
Descendants
- French: hardi
Polish
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *g?rd?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?xar.d?/
Adjective
hardy (comparative bardziej hardy, superlative najbardziej hardy, adverb hardo)
- haughty, supercilious, arrogant
- Synonyms: dumny, butny
Declension
Derived terms
- (noun) hardo??
Further reading
- hardy in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- hardy in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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strapping
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -æp??
Verb
strapping
- present participle of strap
Adjective
strapping (comparative more strapping, superlative most strapping)
- Having a sturdy muscular physique; robust.
- (obsolete) Of a young woman: full of vigor; lusty.
Translations
Noun
strapping (countable and uncountable, plural strappings)
- Adhesive plaster for strapping injuries.
- A length of narrow material to be used for straps, or straps collectively.
- A beating with a strap.
- The act of fastening with a strap.
Translations
Anagrams
- trappings
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