Stamina
Pronunciation : Stam"i*na
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: See Stamen.
pl.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Stam"i*na
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 1. The fixed, firm part of a body, which supports it or gives it strength and solidity; as, the bones are the stamina of animal bodies; the ligneous parts of trees are the stamina which constitute their strength.
2. Whatever constitutes the principal strength or support of anything; power of endurance; backbone; vigor; as, the stamina of a constitution or of life; the stamina of a State. He succeeded to great captains who had sapped the whole stamina and resistance of the contest. De Quincey.
pl.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913