firmitude
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin firmitudo. See firm.
Noun edit
firmitude (usually uncountable, plural firmitudes)
- (obsolete) strength; stability
- 1612–1626, [Joseph Hall], “(please specify the page)”, in [Contemplations vpon the Principall Passages of the Holy Storie], volumes (please specify |volume=II, V, or VI), London, →OCLC:
- Thou lookest for firmitude and vigour in those graces, which thou wilt allow in thy best disciples, no less than truth.