单词 | fortitude |
释义 | fortituden.ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily constitution > bodily strength > [noun] > quality of being strong strongnesseOE craftOE strengthOE stiffness1399 stoutnessc1440 fortitude1553 mightinessa1586 nervosity1611 brawninessa1680 1553 R. Eden tr. S. Münster Treat. Newe India sig. Bvijv A beast..excellinge all other beastes in fortitude and strength. a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) i. iii. 222 The fortitude of the place, is best knowne to you. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) ii. i. 17 Dispairing of his owne armes fortitude . View more context for this quotation 1703 R. Neve City & Countrey Purchaser 50 Bonding of Brick-work..conduces very much to its Fortitude. 2. Moral strength or courage. Now only in passive sense: Unyielding courage in the endurance of pain or adversity. (One of the cardinal virtues.) ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > courage > moral courage > [noun] forcec1340 fortitude?a1513 starknessa1513 moral courage1808 moral1883 c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale ⁋654 Agayns..Accidie..ther is a vertu that is called Fortitudo.] a1513 W. Dunbar Tabill of Confessioun in Poems (1998) I. 270 Fortitud, prudence and temporance. 1610 Bible (Douay) II. Wisd. xiii. Comm. The Apostles fleing God recalled them, and streingthened them with fortitude. 1713 R. Steele Englishman No. 22. 144 Fortitude is the peculiar Excellence of Man. 1754 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) III. 303 The Duchess of Queensbury bears her calamity with great fortitude. 1818 W. Hazlitt Lect. Eng. Poets (1870) ii. 27 Fortitude does not appear at any time to have been the distinguishing virtue of poets. 1846 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) vi. 45 She could bear the disappointments of other people with tolerable fortitude. 3. Astrology. A position or circumstance which heightens the influence of a planet; a dignity. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > heavenly body > as influence on mankind > [noun] > influence > planet as > situation of > dignity exaltationc1386 dignityc1400 fortitudea1549 hayne1647 a1549 A. Borde Fyrst Bk. Introd. Knowl. (1870) Forewords 23 The iii[i]. capytle doth shew of the fortitudes of the planetes. 1695 W. Congreve Love for Love ii. i. 17 Sure the Moon is in all her Fortitudes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?a1513 |
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