impavidness

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English

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Etymology

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From impavid +‎ -ness.

Noun

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impavidness (uncountable)

  1. (rare) The state of being impavid; fearlessness, bravery.
    • 1983, Lawrence Durrell, Sebastian (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 2004, page 1030:
      As she read the portrait of the small staring face in the sailor hat, fervent in its withdrawn impavidness, gazed out upon her from the slowly gliding limousine.