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intrepidity
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Intrepidity \In`tre*pid"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. intr['e]pidit['e].] The quality or state of being intrepid; fearless bravery; courage; resoluteness; valor.
Sir Roger had acquitted himself of two or three
sentences with a look of much business and great
intrepidity.
--Addison.
Syn: Courage; heroism; bravery; fortitude; gallantry; valor. See Courage, Heroism.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1704, from intrepid + -ity.
Wiktionary
n. The quality of being intrepid; bravery.
WordNet
n. resolute courageousness [syn: dauntlessness]
Wikipedia
Interpidity (foaled 19 February 1990) was a British-bred, French-trained Thoroughbred racehorse. In a racing career which lasted from April 1993 to November 1994 the filly ran twelve times and won four races. Unraced as a two-year-old, Intrepidity proved to be the outstanding three-year-old filly in Europe in 1993, winning the Prix Saint-Alary and the Prix Vermeille in France and the Epsom Oaks in England. She also finished fourth in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, beaten one and a half lengths. At the end of the year she was voted European Champion Three-year-old Filly at the Cartier Racing Awards. Intrepidity was kept in training as a four-year-old, but failed to win, although she finished second in the Prix Ganay and the Prix Foy. She was then retired to stud where her record as a broodmare was disappointing.
Usage examples of "intrepidity".
The husband was duly warned, but, with a great show of intrepidity, he answered with a joke every time he was told that I was a formidable rival.
The effectiveness of the rocket attack against the Danish flagship Christiania was due more to the intrepidity of Captain Richter in the attack, than to the inherent suitability of the weapon.
We talked of a certain clergyman of extraordinary character, who by exerting his talents in writing on temporary topicks, and displaying uncommon intrepidity, had raised himself to affluence.
The Prince de Waldeck has also paid the penalty of his intrepidity with the loss of one arm.
He debated with himself, whether he should make a parade of his intrepidity and public spirit, by disclosing his achievement, and surrendering his guide to the penalty of the law.
Reduced, in this extremity, to the resources of his own mind, he displayed a prudent intrepidity, which compensated for all the deficiencies of the place and garrison.
Everywhere, the mire, which the sewermen came to handle with intrepidity, abounded in precious objects, jewels of gold and silver, precious stones, coins.