dauntlessness

English

Etymology

dauntless +‎ -ness

Noun

dauntlessness (uncountable)

The characteristic of being dauntless; fearlessness.
- 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, Chapter 11:
  Struck by his desperate dauntlessness, and his wild desire to visit Christendom, the captain at last relented, and told him he might make himself at home.

Translations

fearlessness

Dutch: onverschrokkenheid (nl) f
German: Furchtlosigkeit f, Unerschrockenheit f, Verwegenheit (de) f, Beherztheit (de) f
Latvian: bezbailība f, bezbailīgums m

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