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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. enduring strength and energy;
[syn: stamina, staying power, toughness]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Stamina \Stam"i*na\ (st[a^]m"[i^]*n[.a]), n. pl. See Stamen. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Stamina \Stam"i*na\, n. pl. 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. [1913 Webster] 2. Whatever constitutes the principal strength or support of anything; backbone; vigor; as, the stamina of a constitution or of life; the stamina of a State. [1913 Webster] He succeeded to great captains who had sapped the whole stamina and resistance of the contest. --De Quincey. [1913 Webster] 3. Hence: The power of endurance; the ability to withstand fatigue, disease, deprivation, etc., and continue working. [1913 Webster +PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Stamen \Sta"men\ (st[=a]"m[e^]n), n.; pl. E. Stamens (-m[e^]nz) (used only in the second sense); L. Stamina (st[a^]m"[i^]*n[.a]) (in the first sense). [L. stamen the warp, a thread, fiber, akin to Gr. sth`mwn the warp, fr. 'ista`nai to stand, akin to E. stand. See Stand, and cf. Stamin, Stamina.] 1. A thread; especially, a warp thread. [1913 Webster] 2. (pl. Stamens, rarely Stamina.) (Bot.) The male organ of flowers for secreting and furnishing the pollen or fecundating dust. It consists of the anther and filament. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

stamina n 1: enduring strength and energy [syn: stamina, staying power, toughness]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

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