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valorous, a.|ˈvælərəs|
Forms: α. 5 vaillerous, 6 Sc. valereus, 7 valerous, vallarous. β. 5– valorous, 7 Sc. val'rows, 8 val'rous. γ. 6–9 valourous.
[ad. OF. (also mod.F.) valeureux, f. valeur valour, or med.L. valorosus valiant, valuable, f. valor valor. Cf. It. valoroso, Sp. and Pg. valeroso.]
1. Of persons: Endowed with valour; valiant, courageous; brave, bold.
αc1477Caxton Jason 12 She seeing that he was..a yong gentilman..hauying a chiere of a vaillerous man receyued him into her wages as souldyour. 1600Hamilton in Cath. Tract. (S.T.S.) 221 Al the noble successeurs of this Godlie and valereus king. 1680Debates in Parl. (1681) 174 A King on their side, endowed with a vallarous Spirit.
Comb.1642–4Vicars God in Mount (1844) 56 This piously valerous-hearted Gentleman.
β1577–87Holinshed Chron. III. 22/1 In which voiage his valorous hart at all assaies..was most manifestlie perceiued. 1597Shakes. 2 Hen. IV, ii. iv. 236 Thou art as valorous as Hector of Troy. 1627Lisander & Cal. i. 1 Henry, the valorous Father of our invincible Monarch. 1727Swift On cutting down the thorn at Market Hill Wks. 1755 IV. i. 88 Sir Archibald, that val'rous knight. 1807G. Chalmers Caledonia I. iii. vii. 418 William invaded Scotland..with design, perhaps, to chastise, rather than subdue, a valorous people. 1879Sat. Rev. 13 Sept. 324 As the valorous Swiss were some twenty in number the position of the travellers was hopeless.
Comb.1601Weever Mirr. Mart. D vii, They answered me I was too valorous bold.
γ1600Holland Livy xxiv. xlvi. 541 Certaine Tribunes and marshals, valourous and doubtie good men. 1647F. Bland Souldiers March 39 A token of a minde truly noble and valorous. 1807G. Chalmers Caledonia I. ii. ii. 244 The Valourous Arthur of history, or the redoubtable Arthur of romance. 1841James Brigand xxxiii, I am about..to give you as a bride to this valourous prince.
2. Of actions, etc.: Marked or characterized by valour, courage, or bravery.
1490Caxton Eneydos Prol. 10 This present booke,..in whiche may alle valyaunt prynces and other nobles see many valorous fayttes of armes. 1590Spenser F.Q. ii. x. 18 [She] gathering force, and courage valorous, Encountred him in battell well ordaind. 1612North's Plutarch, Epaminondas 1125 Not able any longer to defend themselues against the valorous force of himselfe and his followers. a1660Contemp. Hist. Irel. (Ir. Archæol. Soc.) I. 174 The enemie..rather wonderinge at his valerous charge, then any way able to oppose it. 1813Wellington in Gurw. Desp. (1838) X. 532 note, The whole universe will acknowledge those valorous efforts. 1869H. F. Tozer Highl. Turkey II. 209 Two tall peaks.., far famed for valorous deeds..of the Suliotes.
†3. Having value, worth, or merit; valuable.
1592G. Harvey Four Lett. iii. 19 The Hexameter verse..whereof neither Homer in Greeke, nor Virgill in Latine, (how valorous Autors!)..were ashamed. 1609J. Davies (Heref.) Humours Heaven ii. lxxxvi, Be their value ne'r so valorous Its held but base and made by nature sleight.
Hence ˈvalorousness.
1727Bailey, Valorousness, Valiantness, Stoutness, Bravery. 1920G. Santayana Character & Opinion in U.S.A. vii. 214 Their valorousness and morality consist in their indomitable egotism. 1922E. R. Eddison Worm xxvii. 346 The Demons..by their strength and valorousness set free the Lord Goldry Bluszco. |