stedfastness

English

Etymology

From Middle English stedfastnes, stedfastnesse (“firmness of purpose; fortitude; loyalty, fidelity; strength, boldness, courage”), from Old English stedefæstnes (“constancy”); equivalent to stedfast +‎ -ness.

Noun

stedfastness (uncountable)

  1. Obsolete form of steadfastness.
    • 1904, Robert Louis Stevenson, “Chapter II. The Parson's Marjory”, in The Merry Men‎, Reprint edition, Project Gutenberg, published 2007:
      It might be a question whether she was not Will's match in stedfastness, …
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