valorous
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Etymology
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From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French valeureux.
Adjective
valorous (comparative more valorous, superlative most valorous)
- Having or displaying valour.
- c. 1490 William Caxton (translator), The Boke of Eneydos, Westminster, Preface,[1]
- this present booke compyled by virgyle ryght subtyl and Ingenyous oratour & poete Intytuled Eneydos hath be translated oute of latyn in to comyn langage In whiche may alle valyaunt prynces and other nobles see many valorous fayttes of armes.
- c. 1598 William Shakespeare, Henry V, Act IV, Scene 4,[2]
- […] he esteems himself happy that he hath fallen into the hands of one, as he thinks, the most brave, valorous, and thrice-worthy signieur of England.
- 1820, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe, Chapter 15,[3]
- […] I shall be at York—at the head of my daring and valorous fellows, as ready to support any bold design as thy policy can be to form one.
- 1929, Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms, New York: Scribner, Book I, Chapter 10, p. 70,[4]
- He held up the glass. “To your valorous wounds. To the silver medal.”
- 2004, Andrea Levy, Small Island, London: Review, Chapter Twelve, p. 139,[5]
- There are many valorous stories told of her, which enthral grown men as well as children.
- c. 1490 William Caxton (translator), The Boke of Eneydos, Westminster, Preface,[1]
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References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “valorous”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.