English

Noun

hardiment ‎(plural hardiments)

1. (archaic) Bravery, courage.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, I.i:

     But full of fire and greedy hardiment, / The youthfull knight could not for ought be staide [...].

French

Etymology

hardi +‎ -ment

Adverb

hardiment

1. boldly; daringly

Old French

Noun

hardiment m ‎(oblique plural hardimenz or hardimentz, nominative singular hardimenz or hardimentz, nominative plural hardiment)

1. bravery; courage
   • circa 1155, Wace, Le Roman de Brut:

     La paor entroublierent
     et lor hardiment recovrerent.

     they forgot their fear,
     and rediscovered their courage.

Descendants

• English: hardiment