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fortitudinous

[ fawr-ti-tood-n-uhs, -tyood- ]

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adjective

having or showing fortitude; marked by bravery or courage:
The pillars stand tall, like fortitudinous soldiers, guarding the vast expanse of desert.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of fortitudinous¹

First recorded in 1745–55; from Latin �ڴǰ��پ��ū�徱��- (stem of �ڴǰ��پ��ū��ō ) + -ous; fortitude, -ous

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Labour in a high spirit, duty done, and right service performed in fortitudinous temper—here was, not indeed a way out, but a way of erect living within.

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Yet these dexterous artists must view, with hopeless emulation, the hexagons and pyramids of the cells of a beehive: these fortitudinous heroes are awed by the superior fierceness of the lions and tigers; and in their amorous enjoyments they are much inferior to the vigor of the grossest and most sordid quadrupeds.

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fortitude Fort Jackson

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