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fortitude(dictionary)

heroical (iou) and fortitude (iou)


heroical (iou)



heroical adjective. LME.
[formed as HEROIC: see -ICAL.]
= HEROIC adjective 1. LME-E19.
= HEROIC adjective 3. LME.
= HEROIC adjective 2. M16.
= HEROIC adjective 5. L18.
heroicalness noun (now rare) M17.

fortitude (iou)



fortitude noun. ME.
[Old & mod. French from Latin fortitudo, -din-, from fortis strong: see -TUDE.]
Moral strength or courage, esp. in the endurance of pain or adversity. (One of the four cardinal virtues.) ME.
C. C. Trench She bore with fortitude her husband's absence. J. Buchan To go tandem-driving with him at Oxford required fortitude, for he was very blind.
Physical or structural strength. LME-E18.
R. Eden A beast..excellinge all Other beastes in fortitude and strength.
Astrology. A dignity. Long rare or obsolete. M16.
forti'tudinous adjective endowed with or characterized by fortitude M18.