hardy Q Adjective: 1. Being in robust and sturdy good health. 2. Courageous; intrepid. 3. Brazenly daring; audacious. 4. Capable of surviving unfavorable conditions, such as cold weather or lack of moisture (esp. cultivated plants). from Middle English, through Old French "hardi," past participle of "hardir," make hard, embolden, from Germanic origin. 050831 what's it to you? who go blather from