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strenuity Now rare.|strɪˈnjuːɪtɪ|
Also 5–6 strenuite, 6 -uyte, strenewite, 7 strenuitie.
[ad. L. strēnuitās, f. strēnu-us: see strenuous a. and -ity.]
The quality of being strenuous, strenuousness.
1436Libel Eng. Policy in Pol. Poems (Rolls) II. 200 Thus nere I leve the kynge wyth his nobelesse, Henry the fifte..for aboute in the see No better was prince of strenuité. 1500–20Dunbar Poems lxxxviii. 19 London, thou art of townes A per se... Strong Troy in vigour and in strenuytie. 1525St. Papers Hen. VIII, VI. 413 The valiant acquitaile, vertue, and strenuite of the faithfull and good capitans, in the honorable defence of Italye. c1611Chapman Iliad xv. 649 And thus, vnlike affects Bred like strenuitie in both. 1681H. More Exp. Dan. vi. 163 His dominion..not having that strenuity and greatness of parts, nor that strength; his entire Empire being thus divided into four Kingdoms. 1905J. Oxenham White Fire iv. 46 His white, set face and blazing eyes looked out at her in that agonised strenuity of appeal which had..stirred her to the depths. |