hardihood
noun
hardihood is spelled H-A-R-D-I-H-O-O-D: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 79 million words in written English, the 282,993rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, hardihood means “Unyielding boldness and daring; firmness in doing something that exposes one to difficulty, danger, or calamity; intrepidness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of hardihood is hardihoods.
How many letters and syllables are in hardihood?
| Letters | 9: H-A-R-D-I-H-O-O-D |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 79 million words; the 282,993rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is hardihood?
Hardihood appears about once in every 79 million words in written English, the 282,993rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce hardihood?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-hardihood.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of hardihood
- hardihoods plural
- hardihead
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does hardihood mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Unyielding boldness and daring; firmness in doing something that exposes one to difficulty, danger, or calamity; intrepidness.
- 2
Excessive boldness; foolish daring; offensive assurance.
- 3
Of a plant, an ability to withstand extreme conditions, hardiness.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does hardihood come from?
From hardy + -hood. Compare Dutch hardigheid (“hardness, callousness”), German Hartigkeit (“hardness”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).