lionheartedness

See also: lion-heartedness

English

Etymology

lionhearted +‎ -ness

Noun

lionheartedness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being lionhearted; courage and magnanimity.
    • 2010, Louis De Bernières, Notwithstanding, →ISBN, page 82:
      In the village itself his lionheartedness had been a legend ever since he had brained a burglar with a number seven iron, and the jury in Guildford had, despite the clear direction of the judge, resolutely declined to convict him for the use of unnecessary force.
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