stoutheartedness means Courage, pluck, boldness. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
Why this word is great
STOUTHEARTEDNESS — [Noun] The quality of being courageous, resolute, and dauntless in spirit. From stouthearted (from Middle English, from stout ("brave, strong") + hearted ("having a heart or disposition")) + -ness (suffix forming abstract nouns denoting a state or quality). Unlike audacity, which often implies a reckless or impudent boldness, or fortitude, which emphasizes stoic endurance of pain, stoutheartedness suggests a steady, principled, and spirited bravery. It is the unflinching grip on a tiller in a rising gale, the quiet voice reading aloud while the world grows dark, and the farmer mending a fence as the storm gathers—a courage not as a fleeting fire, but as the slow, enduring burn of a banked hearth, forged in loyalty to something beyond the self.
noun
- Courage, pluck, boldness.“Horatius, on duty when the enemy attacked, displayed a stoutheartedness unmatched by his companions. He kept them from running away by promising to hold off the enemy while they destroyed the bridge behind him.”
- Resoluteness, fortitude, dauntlessness.“In a vacant gesture the foreman began making rounds during breakfast, glad-handing the men as they sulked over their porridge and coffee, reminding them of their fortitude and stoutheartedness.”