firmitude

English

Etymology

From Latin firmitudo. See firm.

Noun

firmitude (usually uncountable, plural firmitudes)

1. (obsolete) strength; stability
   • 1612–1626, [Joseph Hall], “(please specify the page)”, in [Contemplations vpon the Principall Passages of the Holy Storie], volume (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.