Defn: Very loud; with the utmost strength or loudness.
FORTITION
For*ti"tion, n. Etym: [See Fortuitous.]
Defn: Casual choice; fortuitous selection; hazard. [R.] No mode of election operating in the spirit of fortition or rotation can be generally good. Burke.
FORTITUDE
For"ti*tude, n. Etym: [L. fortitudo, fr. fortis strong. See Fort.]
1. Power to resist attack; strength; firmness. [Obs.] The fortitude of the place is best known to you. Shak.
2. That strength or firmness of mind which enables a person to encounter danger with coolness and courage, or to bear pain or adversity without murmuring, depression, or despondency; passive courage; resolute endurance; firmness in confronting or bearing up against danger or enduring trouble. Extolling patience as the truest fortitude. Milton. Fortitude is the guard and support of the other virtues. Locke.
Syn.
— Courage; resolution; resoluteness; endurance; bravery. See
Courage, and Heroism.
FORTITUDINOUS
For`ti*tu"di*nous, a.
Defn: Having fortitude; courageous. [R.] Gibbon.
FORTLET
Fort"let, n.