fortitudinous

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adjective

Having fortitude; courageous.

OriginLatin fortitūdin- →
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Meanings

adjectivefortitudinous (comparative more fortitudinous, superlative most fortitudinous)

comparative more fortitudinous · superlative most fortitudinous

  1. Having fortitude; courageous.

    as brave and fortitudinous a man as any in the king's dominions

    1751 December (indicated as 1752), Henry Fielding, Amelia, volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: […] A[ndrew] Millar […], →OCLC
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    these fortitudinous heroes are awed by the superior fierceness of the lions and tigers

    1788, Edward Gibbon, chapter LII, in The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
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Origin

  1. Latinfortitūdō
  2. Latinfortitūdin-
  3. Englishfortitudinous

From Latin fortitūdin- + -ous, from oblique stem of Latin fortitūdō, from fortis + -tūdō. By surface analysis, fortitude + -ous.

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Translations

Spanish fortitudinoso
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APA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fortitudinous,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fortitudinous.

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