stoutnessn.
/ˈstaʊtnɪs/ The quality or condition of being stout.† 1. Pride, haughtiness, arrogance. Obsolete.† 4. Stubbornness, intractability, rebelliousness. Obsolete.
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the mind > emotion > pride > [noun]
moodinessOE
overmoodOE
prideOE
proudnessOE
moodilaikc1175
wlonknessc1175
wlonkhedea1250
hancenhede1303
stoutness1398
prouda1500
spirit of eminence1595
pridefulnessa1625
stouting1630
starch1859
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) vi. xviii. 204 And god commaundeth that the lordes be not besye to wynne and gete theyr owne joye and stowtnes.
c1400 Brut 124 He..bicome a gode man and an holy, and lefte al maner pride & stoutenesse.
1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) vii. 356 For quhar a hert is rycht vorthy, Agane stoutnes is ay stout.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Jer. xlviii. 29 I knowe hir stoutnesse [1611 pride].
1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Matt. v. 5 Stowtnes and styfnes is hated of al men.
1552 H. Latimer Serm. 3rd Sunday Epiph. (1584) 309 b Beware of pride and stoutnes.
1570 J. Jewel Def. Apol. Churche Eng. (1571) ii. iii. 119 Doubtlesse..the Councel of Aphrica meante the stoutenesse of the Cleregie, and not of the Nobles: the pride of Rome, and not of Aphrica.
1572 J. Higgins Huloets Dict. (rev. ed.) Stoutnes, proudeness, or arrogancie, fastus, arrogantia, ferocitas, [etc.].
1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xlii. xiv. 1123 Besides, the stoutnes used by Harpalus (the principall person of the embassie)..exasperated their stomackes.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) v. vi. 26 His stoutnesse When he did stand for Consull, which he lost By lacke of stooping. View more context for this quotation
2. Bravery, valour, courageousness. Now rare, except in stoutness of heart.
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the mind > emotion > courage > valour > valour or stoutness > [noun]
doughtinessc1175
stalworthhead1297
stalworthnessa1340
stalworthinessa1387
doughtiheada1400
stoutess1422
stoutness1508
dought1731
1508 Golagros & Gawane (Chepman & Myllar) sig. cii Is nane sa stalwart in stour with stoutnes to stand.
?c1550 tr. P. Vergil Eng. Hist. (1846) I. 39 At the lengthe, having conflicte with wilde beastes, [he] made a beastlie ende, and thus.. to miche stoutenes beecamme his owne confusion.
1553 J. Brende tr. Q. Curtius Rufus Hist. Pref. sig. A iij In an excellent capitaine nature must geue the chiefest partes, that is to say: hardines, stowtenes of stomacke, wyth a natural wisdome and vnderstanding.
1561 T. Hoby tr. B. Castiglione Courtyer i. sig. A*.iii Dyuers calamityes, which he alwayes bore out with suche stoutenesse of courage, that vertue neuer yelded to fortune.
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) iii. xvii. sig. Ss1v [She] was an Amazon, and therefore had gotten a habite of stoutnes aboue the nature of a woman.
1631 W. Gouge Gods Three Arrowes v. §6. 416 Stoutnesse and courage of mind.
1666 S. Pepys Diary 17 Sept. (1972) VII. 288 Sir Thomas Clifford, who appears..much set by at Court for his activity in going to sea, and stoutness everywhere.
1691 J. Hartcliffe Treat. Virtues 119 As Stoutness of mind very well agrees with Meekness, and therefore Moses, who was indeed a Person of the most undaunted Courage, is said in Scripture to be the meekest Man upon Earth.
1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Stoutness, Courageousness, Boldness.
1822 C. Lamb Compl. Decay of Beggars in Elia 1st Ser. The common cripple would despise his own pusillanimity, viewing the hale stoutness, and hearty heart, of this half-limbed giant.
1827 R. Pollok Course of Time I. ii. 81 He..Amidst vindictive thunders lets them try The stoutness of their heart.
3. Firmness, resoluteness.
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the mind > will > decision > constancy or steadfastness > [noun]
steadfastnessa1000
anrednessOE
stead-stathelfastness?c1225
stability13..
steadfastshipc1320
traistnessa1340
constance1340
sadnessc1384
unmovablenessc1384
hardnessa1400
steadfastheadc1400
unmobletya1425
firmitya1450
constancy1526
constantness1530
firmitude?1541
firmness1553
stoutness1561
settledness1571
cleaving1580
solidity1607
immovableness1617
staunchness1623
fixedness1626
fixationa1631
unswayednessa1656
steadiness1663
sturdiness1675
unbendingness1824
indomitability1851
indomitableness1860
thick and thin1884
fixity1885
unshakability1907
1561 R. Eden in tr. M. Cortés Arte Nauigation Pref. sig. i Accoumpting..rashnesse for hardinesse, impudencie for stoutnesse.
1577 T. Vautrollier tr. M. Luther Comm. Epist. to Galathians (new ed.) f. 48 Our stoutnes therfore in this matter is godly and holy.
1644 J. Vicars Jehovah-jireh 132 These with the rest, discovered aboundance of stoutnes and resolution.
1799 H. More Strict. Mod. Syst. Fem. Educ. (ed. 4) I. 8 Let her..not make herself amends by the stoutness of her orthodoxy for the badness of her temper.
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the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [noun] > disobedient stubbornness
contumacec1230
unbuxomnessa1300
unbuxomheada1325
contumacyc1386
sturdinessa1400
stoutnessc1400
contumacityc1420
pervicacy1537
untractablenessa1600
pervicacity1604
contumation1618
refractariness1624
refractoriness1627
incorrigiblenessa1631
indocibleness1647
immorigerousness1649
contumaciousness1654
refracture1659
intractableness1664
unmanageableness1664
refractiveness1674
untractibleness1676
pervicaciousness1692
untreatableness1693
untractability1797
recalcitrancy1844
recalcitrance1845
society > authority > lack of subjection > [noun] > intractability or recalcitrance > perverse
riot?c1225
contumacec1230
waywardnessc1384
contumacyc1386
sturdinessa1400
stoutnessc1400
contumation1618
gainsayingness1648
contumaciousness1654
c1400 Rom. Rose 1936 He is a fool in sikernesse, That with daunger or stoutnesse Rebellith ther that he shulde plese.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 478/2 Stowtnesse, or vnbuxumnesse, rebellio.
1560 Bps. Addr. in J. Strype Ann. Reformation (1709) I. xviii. 214 Not in any respect of Self-Will, Stoutness, or striving against her Majesty.
1570 J. Jewel Def. Apol. Churche Eng. (1571) ii. xviii. 350 But perceiuing that the King was much moued and misliked his stoutnesse, the next night folowing, he fled ouer into France, and afterwarde sought aide of the Pope.
1599 E. Sandys Europæ Speculum (1632) 174 Hee opposeth a proud stoutnesse and intractable obstinacie.
a1654 T. Gataker Antidote Errour (1670) 51 Either out of a stoutnes of stomack, and a stifnes of self-wil, or out of an extream malice and inveterate hatred against the person.
a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. iv. 90 There is a stoutness and an aversion to inferiority rooted in all men, which must be managed with great delicacy.
5. Sport. In animals, esp. horses and foxes: Staying power, endurance.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > [noun] > genus Vulpes > vulpes vulpes (fox) > hunted > endurance of
stoutness1818
the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by purpose used for > [noun] > racehorse > with particular qualities or faults > qualities or faults of
stoutness1818
greenness1900
1818 ‘W. H. Scott’ Brit. Field Sports 511 Horses..able to carry weight,..and more distinguished for stoutness, in the Turf phrase, namely stoutness of heart, or ability to last, than for speed.
1826 J. Cook Fox-hunting 61 I could enumerate many other capital runs to prove the stoutness of the Essex foxes.
1856 ‘Stonehenge’ Man. Brit. Rural Sports i. iii. ii. 156 Stoutness [in the greyhound] depends partly upon general muscular development.
1883 Times 22 Oct. 10/2 He [a racehorse] appears to be bred rather for speed than for stoutness.
1901 Daily Chron. 20 Nov. 4/2 A capital day's sport was witnessed at this club gathering,..hares running with great stoutness.
6. In physical senses:
a. Strength of body or limbs (now rare).
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the world > life > the body > bodily constitution > bodily strength > [noun] > quality of being strong
strongnesseOE
craftOE
strengthOE
stiffness1399
stoutnessc1440
fortitude1553
mightinessa1586
nervosity1611
brawninessa1680
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 478/2 Stowtnesse, or strenghe, robur.
1866 J. R. Seeley Ecce Homo (ed. 8) iii. 23 No one doubted the stoutness of Samson's sinews.
b. Corpulence.
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the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > broad shape or physique > [noun] > fat or plump shape or physique > state of having
fatnessc1000
greasea1340
corsiousnessc1440
fleshiness1541
plumpness1545
corporateness1547
fogginess1547
fleshliness1552
corpulency1577
corpulence1581
corsiness1587
fullness1599
obesity1611
pinguitude1623
obeseness1653
aletude1656
portliness1658
eventriqueness1667
rotundity1684
fat1726
rotundness1727
bloatedness1732
embonpoint1751
roundness1763
repleteness1770
plumpitude1828
corporosity1837
stoutness1838
crumb1843
plumptitude1843
roundedness1849
chubbiness1850
adiposeness1868
roundliness1870
buxomness1875
bloat1905
tubbiness1906
poundage1915
overweight1917
endomorphy1940
plumpishness1947
pudge1967
morbid obesity1969
1838 E. Bulwer-Lytton Alice I. ii. ii. 132 Mr. Merton was..fair, and inclined to stoutness.
1899 ‘A. Hope’ King's Mirror xiv. 139 He grew indolent; his stoutness increased.
1902 M. Barnes-Grundy Thames Camp 49 Long hours of idleness..tend to encourage a dreadful infirmity called ‘stoutness’.
c. Massiveness; strength due to thickness.
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the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [noun] > largeness of volume or bulkiness > and solidity
massedness1495
massiveness1530
massiness1559
mass1604
burliness1612
stoutness1845
1845 Florist's Jrnl. (1846) 6 156 Our plant however is by no means possessed of the huge size and stoutness for which D. speciosum is remarkable.
1870 J. D. Hooker Student's Flora Brit. Islands 409 Carex vulpina..Perigynia compressed, ribs variable in stoutness.
1915 Blackwood's Mag. Aug. 198/2 In spite of the stoutness of our tackle, they broke us.
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