hale and hardy

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English

Adjective

hale and hardy (comparative more hale and hardy, superlative most hale and hardy)

  1. Alternative form of hale and hearty, in a state of robust good health.
    • 1884, Henry Perry Smith, History of the City of Buffalo and Erie County‎[1], page 392:
      He is a hale and hardy gentleman of eighty-eight years of age.
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