stout-heartedness

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

stout-hearted +‎ -ness

Noun[edit]

stout-heartedness (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of stoutheartedness
    • 2014, Jay A. Stout, Fighter Group: The 352nd "Blue-Nosed Bastards" in World War II, →ISBN, page 74:
      But I also know, because you have shown me, that yours is the courage and stout-heartedness that can meet any demands cheerfully and willingly, without hope of reward other than that which comes with a job well done...
    • 1841, James Fenimore Cooper, The Deerslayer:
      Care in listening, and stout-heartedness in holding to good counsel, is a wife's great protection.