FORTITUDE
ADJECTIVES
► GUTS requiring or demonstrating courage or fortitude → 1957 Amer. sl.
NOUNS
► CARDINAL VIRTUES justice, prudence, temperance, and fortitude → 1340
► GUTS BALL a ballgame such as baseball played with great aggressiveness and tenacity; hence, any action or actions requiring or demonstrating fortitude, extreme competitiveness, courage, determination, etc. → 1962 Amer. sl.
► MAGNANIMITY lofty courage; fortitude → 1509 obs.