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tough enough to survive winter, failure, or both without asking permission.
means able to endure harsh conditions, difficulty, or neglect and keep going anyway.
from from old french hardi, meaning bold or daring, itself from a germanic root related to hard — the word hardened over centuries from courage into resilience.
plant zonesusda hardiness maps rank plants by winter survival, not beauty
double meaningcan mean brave or just stubbornly durable, rarely both praised equally
thomas hardyborrowed the word's grit for tragic, weather-beaten characters
hardy harsarcastic laugh phrase shares zero etymology, pure coincidence
for instance
siberian husky — bred to work in negative 40 degree arctic cold
thomas hardy novels — wessex characters battered by fate and weather since 1874
hardy zone 3 perennials — survive minus 40f winters like nothing happened
hardy boys series — 1927 mystery duo, unkillable across 190plus books