galliardness

English

Etymology

From galliard +‎ -ness.

Noun

galliardness (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) gaiety
   • 1654, Edmund Gayton, Pleasant Notes upon Don Quixote:

     his sprightfull pleafance and galliardnesse

References

“galliardness”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.