Meanings
alternative valyantise
- archaicuncountableThe quality of being valiant; bravery, heroism.
A good knight and a valorous, / And in all courtesies approved, / That unto valiantise behoved.
1884, John Payne, “The Romaunt of Sir Floris”, in The Masque of Shadows And Other Poems, new edition, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 1481 more example
If brabling Make-Fray, at ech Fayre and Siſe, / Picks quarrels for to ſhow his valiantiſe, […]
1598, [Joseph Hall], “Sat. 4. Plus beau que fort.”, in Virgidemiarum. […], London: Richard Bradocke for Robert Dexter […], Lib. 4, page 31Synonyms: valiance, valour, valiantness
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe quality of being valiant; bravery, heroism.
Origin
- Old Frenchvaillantise
- Middle Englishvaillauntise
- Englishvaliantise
Inherited from Middle English vaillauntise, from Old French vaillantise, formed from vaillant (“valiant, brave”) + -ise (“denoting a state or quality”).
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