dauntlessness

English

Etymology

dauntless +‎ -ness

Noun

dauntlessness (uncountable)

1. The characteristic of being dauntless; fearlessness.
   • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, Chapter 11:

     Struck by his desperate dauntlessness, and his wild desire to visit Christendom, the captain at last relented, and told him he might make himself at home.

Translations

fearlessness

• Dutch: onverschrokkenheid (nl) f
• German: Furchtlosigkeit f, Unerschrockenheit f, Verwegenheit (de) f, Beherztheit (de) f
• Latvian: bezbailība f, bezbailīgums m