Meanings
- alternativeuncountableAlternative form of strongheartedness.
The memoirs in Chapter Six reveal the many kinds of personal loss that women can encounter during a lifetime that spans six to nine decades — and the resilience and strong-heartedness that allows humans to live with and even learn from loss.
2010, Susan Wittig Albert, Dayna Finet, With Courage and Common Sense: Memoirs from the Older Women's Legacy Circles, →ISBN, pages 15–161 more example
Then the boy would feel confident and deep-rooted in his trust in God, and turn away from the garret window, where he had been waching the busy house-sparrows, with a courage and strong-heartedness that were ready to face all the evils and trials in the world.
2013, Hesba Stretton, Enoch Roden's Training, →ISBN, page 41
Origin
- Middle Englishstronghartydnes
- Englishstrong-heartedness
From Middle English stronghartydnes, equivalent to strong-hearted + -ness.
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