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# hardihood

«hardihood» in Mova's school dictionary: **bold courage and toughness, a readiness to face danger or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (no plural) (formal, old use)

### meaning for a pupil

Hardihood is bold courage and toughness, a readiness to face danger or hardship. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hardihood/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

a hero's boldness, which the tales praise and test

### examples

- It took great hardihood to climb the mountain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hardihood/#x1)
- The boy showed hardihood when the wolves came. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hardihood/#x2)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «hardihood» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hardihood/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.