‖ hardiesse
(ardiˈɛs)
[a. F. hardiesse (12–13th c. in Hatz.-Darm.), f. hardi hardy. Adopted from OFr. in 14–15th c.; and anew as an alien loan-word in 18th c.]
Hardihood, boldness.
| 1340 Ayenb. 83 Ine prouesse byeþ þri þinges to-deld, hardyesse strengþe an stedeuestnesse. 1390 Gower Conf. I. 147 Cowardy It torneth into hardiesse. 1475 Bk. Noblesse 29 In lessing youre courage ne abating your hardiesse. 1761 H. Walpole Lett. (1857) III. 411 (Stanf.) The frank hardiesse of the answer saved him. 1832 Edin. Rev. LVI. 48 Fantastic or startling hardiesses of expression. |