fortitudinous

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English

Etymology

From fortitude +‎ -in- +‎ -ous.

Adjective

fortitudinous (comparative more fortitudinous, superlative most fortitudinous)

Having fortitude; courageous.
- 1788, Edward Gibbon, chapter LII, in The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire‎:
  these fortitudinous heroes are awed by the superior fierceness of the lions and tigers
- 1751 December (indicated as 1752), Henry Fielding, Amelia, volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: A Millar , →OCLC:
  as brave and fortitudinous a man as any in the king's dominions

References

“fortitudinous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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