valiantise

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English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Middle English vaillauntise, from Old French vaillantise, formed from vaillant (“valiant, brave”) +‎ -ise (“denoting a state or quality”).[1][2]

Noun[edit]

valiantise (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) The quality of being valiant; bravery, heroism.
    Synonyms: valiance, valour, valiantness
    • 1598, [Joseph Hall], “Sat. 4. Plus beau que fort.”, in Virgidemiarum. […], London: Richard Bradocke for Robert Dexter […], Lib. 4, page 31:
      If brabling Make-Fray, at ech Fayre and Siſe, / Picks quarrels for to ſhow his valiantiſe, […]
    • 1884, John Payne, “The Romaunt of Sir Floris”, in The Masque of Shadows And Other Poems, new edition, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 148:
      A good knight and a valorous, / And in all courtesies approved, / That unto valiantise behoved.

References[edit]

  1. ^ “vaillauntise, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
  2. ^ “valiantise, n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
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