ETYMOLOGY
a reduplicated extension of hardy (capable of enduring fatigue, hardship, etc.)
EXAMPLE
“…So lytyll dyscressyon, and so myche reasonyng ;
So myche hardy dardy, and so lytell manlynes ;
So prodigall expence, and so shamfull reconyng ;
So gorgyous garmentes, and so myche wrechydnese ;
So myche portlye pride, with pursys penyles
So myche spente before, and so myche vnpayd behynde ;—
Syns Dewcalyons flodde there can no clerkes fynde …”
From: Speke, Parrot
In Poetical Works (1843)
By John Skelton, a1529
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