hardy en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈhɑːdi/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈhɑɹdi/ (General-American)
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Etymology
From Middle English hardy, hardi, from Old French hardi (“hardy, daring, stout, bold”). Old French hardi is usually regarded as the past participle of hardir ("to harden, be bold, make bold"; compare Occitan ardir, Italian ardire), from Frankish *hardijan; but it may also have come directly from Frankish *hardi, a secondary form of Frankish *hard (compare Old High German harti, herti, secondary forms of Old High German hart (“hard”)); or even yet from Frankish *hardig (compare Middle Low German herdich (“persevering”), Old Danish hærdig, Norwegian herdig, Swedish härdig (“vigorous, courageous”)). Cognate with hard. May have at some point also been surface analysed as hard + -y.
Meanings
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Having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships.
Even adding 1mm of thickness to the cardboard, to make it hardier, might use up a substantial forest when multiplied across hundreds of billions of boxes.
2019 November 21, Samanth Subramanian, “How our home delivery habit reshaped the world”, in The Guardian:It is an useful sort of the smaller kind of hogs, that is hardy in its nature and of considerable weight in proportion to its size.
1824, R. W. Dickson, “Hogs or Swine § Swing-tailed Breed or Sort”, in A Complete System of Improved Live Stock and Cattle Management; […] , volume 2, London, →OCLC, page 287:
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Able to survive adverse growing conditions, especially frost.
By watching where the snow melted first, I discovered warmer spots that I knew would be possible locations for late-winter bloomers or borderline hardy plants.
2012, David L. Culp, The Layered Garden: Design Lessons for Year-Round Beauty from Brandywine Cottage, Timber Press, page 503:A hardy plant is one that can withstand the extremes of climate, such as frost.
The oat is hardier than wheat, and ripens in higher latitudes.
1880, Arthur Herbert Church, Food: Some Account of Its Sources, Constituents and Uses, London: Chapman and Hall, page 72:
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Brave and resolute.
But he was not ſo hardy to abide That bitter ſtownd, but turning quicke aſide His light-foot beaſt, fled faſt away for feare:
1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, page 354:
- Impudent.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| hardiest | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| hardier | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
hardy perennial · hardy catalpa · hardihead · party-hardy · hardyhead · hardiship · hardy orange · half-hardy · winter-hardy · hardy ageratum · party hardy · hardy kiwi · overhardy · nonhardy · root hardy · winterhardy · unhardy · semihardy · hardiness · root-hardy · Hardy · crack hardy · hardily · hale and hardy · cold hardy · hardihood
Relateds
Synonyms
strong · hearty · strong · rugged · robust · hearty · robust · rugged
Translations (47)
de abgehärtet (inured to fatigue or hardships) · hu szívós (inured to fatigue or hardships) · it robusto (inured to fatigue or hardships) · ca robust (inured to fatigue or hardships) · ja 頑丈な (inured to fatigue or hardships) · gd tapaidh (inured to fatigue or hardships) · ja 頑強な (inured to fatigue or hardships) · cmn 耐寒 (inured to fatigue or hardships) · pt resistente (inured to fatigue or hardships) · de widerstandsfähig (inured to fatigue or hardships) · ru сто́йкий (inured to fatigue or hardships) · hu edzett (inured to fatigue or hardships) · fi kylmänkestävä (inured to fatigue or hardships) · da stovt (inured to fatigue or hardships) · cs odolný (inured to fatigue or hardships) · fr rustique (inured to fatigue or hardships) · cs otužilý (inured to fatigue or hardships) · is herkinn (inured to fatigue or hardships) · ru выно́сливый (inured to fatigue or hardships) · pdt hoatlich (inured to fatigue or hardships) · ru закалённый (inured to fatigue or hardships) · cs mrazuvzdorný (botany, able to survive adverse growing conditions) · ru морозоусто́йчивый (inured to fatigue or hardships) · cmn 頑強 /顽强 (inured to fatigue or hardships) · cs odolný (botany, able to survive adverse growing conditions) · ga cróga (inured to fatigue or hardships) · pl wytrzymały (inured to fatigue or hardships) · es robusto (inured to fatigue or hardships) · ga cruadhéanta (inured to fatigue or hardships) · pl wytrwały (inured to fatigue or hardships) · es resistente (inured to fatigue or hardships) · fr robuste (inured to fatigue or hardships) · fi sitkeä (inured to fatigue or hardships) · xal чиирг (inured to fatigue or hardships) · de winterfest (winterhardy) (botany, able to survive adverse growing conditions) · it resistente (inured to fatigue or hardships) · ga cróganta (inured to fatigue or hardships) · gd fulangach (inured to fatigue or hardships) · bg издръжлив (inured to fatigue or hardships) · ga crógach (inured to fatigue or hardships) · pl odporny (inured to fatigue or hardships) · th ทนทาน (inured to fatigue or hardships) · hu ellenálló (inured to fatigue or hardships) · de widerstandsfähig (botany, able to survive adverse growing conditions) · da modstandsdygtig (inured to fatigue or hardships) · da hårdfør (inured to fatigue or hardships) · bg кален (inured to fatigue or hardships)