Definition of "stoutheartedness" [stoutheartedness]

• The trait of having a courageous spirit (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "-- Ed. 8 This proud beggar shews not his wounds but his worth; not his rags, but his robes; not his misery, but his stoutheartedness: he brings in God Almighty as a debtor to him for his services, and thanks God more that others were bad, than for his own fancied goodness."