fortitudinous

English

Etymology

From Latin fortitūdin- + -ous, from oblique stem of Latin fortitūdō, from fortis +‎ -tūdō. By surface analysis, fortitude +‎ -ous.

Adjective

fortitudinous (comparative more fortitudinous, superlative most fortitudinous)

1. Having fortitude; courageous.
   • 1788, Edward Gibbon, chapter LII, in The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire‎^[1]:

     these fortitudinous heroes are awed by the superior fierceness of the lions and tigers

   • 1751 December (indicated as 1752), Henry Fielding, Amelia, volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: […] A[ndrew] Millar […], →OCLC:

     as brave and fortitudinous a man as any in the king's dominions

Translations

Translations

• Spanish: fortitudinoso

References

• “fortitudinous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.