HARDY
What does "HARDY" mean?
Robust and capable of enduring difficult conditions.
Meanings
- Strong, tough, and able to bear hardship or fatigue. The hardy explorers pressed on through the blizzard.
- Of a plant, able to survive cold winters outdoors without protection. Lavender is a hardy perennial that comes back every spring. technical
- Bold or daring (older usage). A hardy knight who feared no foe. archaic
Word origin
From Old French 'hardi' (bold, brave), the past participle of 'hardir' (to make bold), of Germanic origin and related to 'hard'.
Remember it
A HARDY thing is HARD plus a Y for 'yes, it survives'; the toughness is right there in 'hard'.
A little poem
Frost came down and took the roses,
took the lawn, took half the wood-
the small gray herb just stood and stood.
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Wordplay
- My garden's most hardy plant is the weed I never planted. Even my neglect couldn't kill it.
What it teaches
Toughness isn't never being struck; it's still standing the morning after the frost.
Quick facts
What does HARDY mean?
Robust and capable of enduring difficult conditions.
Is HARDY a valid word?
Yes — HARDY is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is HARDY?
HARDY has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does HARDY come from?
From Old French 'hardi' (bold, brave), the past participle of 'hardir' (to make bold), of Germanic origin and related to 'hard'.
What can HARDY teach us?
Toughness isn't never being struck; it's still standing the morning after the frost.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.