hardy
pronunciation
How to pronounce hardy in British English:
UK [ˈhɑːdi]
How to pronounce hardy in American English:
US [ˈhɑːrdi]
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- Adjective:
- having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships
- resolute and without fear
- able to survive under unfavorable conditions
Word Origin
- hardy (adj.)
- c. 1200, "bold, daring, fearless," also "presumptuous, audacious," from Old French hardi "bold, brave, courageous; confident, presumptuous," from past participle of hardir "to harden, be or make bold," from Frankish *hardjan "to make hard" (cognates: Old Frisian herda, Old High German herten, Old Norse herða, Gothic gahardjan "make hard"), from Proto-Germanic *hardu- (see hard (adj.)). Sense influenced by English hard. Of plants, "able to survive in the open year-round," 1660s. Related: Hardily; hardiness. Hardhede "physical hardiness" is attested from early 15c.
Example
- 1. The grapes are hardy and grow in big bunches , but they sometimes ripen unevenly and can contain a high amount of sugar .
- 2. But age and experience make too many older people cynical , while rising considerations of mortality can make even hardy souls melancholy .
- 3. However worthy that sounds it 's unclear to me whether the baby-boomers who may be the first beneficiaries of such death - delaying drugs are hardy enough to endure the extra decades of nonlethal afflictions they will face instead .
- 4. Mike lizotte of american meadows , an online store , says before you start , you need know whether to plant tender bulbs or hardy bulbs .
- 5. Mike lizotte : " a hardy bulb is one that prefers cold temperatures . So therefore it can be left in the ground , such as a daffodil or tulip . "