# hardiness

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #52,981

## Definitions
1. The quality of being hardy.
2. The quality of being hardy.
3. Hardship; fatigue.

## Etymology
From Middle English hardynesse; equivalent to hardy + -ness.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/hardiness