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Definition hardy

Etymology

From Middle English hardy, hardi, from Old French hardi (�hardy, daring, stout, bold�). Old French hardi is usually regarded as the past participle of hardir ("to harden, be bold, make bold"; compare Occitan ardir, Italian ardire), from Frankish *hardijan; but it may also have come directly from Frankish *hardi, a secondary form of Frankish *hard (compare Old High German harti, herti, secondary forms of Old High German hart (�hard�)); or even yet from Frankish *hardig (compare Middle Low German herdich (�persevering�), Old Danish h�rdig, Norwegian herdig, Swedish h�rdig (�vigorous, courageous�)). Cognate with hard. May have at some point also been surface analysed as hard + -y.

Adjective

hardy (comparative hardier, superlative hardiest)

1. Having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships.
2. Brave and resolute.
3. Impudent.

Noun

hardy (plural hardies)

1. (usually in the plural) Anything, especially a plant, that is hardy.
2. A blacksmith's fuller or chisel, having a square shank for insertion into a square hole in an anvil, called the hardy hole.

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