galliardness

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

galliard +‎ -ness

Noun[edit]

galliardness (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) gaiety
    • 1654, Edmund Gayton, Pleasant Notes upon Don Quixote:
      his sprightfull pleafance and galliardnesse

References[edit]

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

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