Meaning of formidability | Babel Free

Definitions

The state of being formidable.

uncountable, usually

Examples

“A Mackintosh has been taken, who reduces their formidability, by being sent to raise⟳ two clans, and with orders, if they would not rise⟳, at least to give⟳ out they had risen, for that three clans would leave⟳ the Pretender, unless joined by those two.”

“As Damien Hirst’s diamond-encrusted platinum skull has recently indicated, Death’s formidability often encourages extravagance. Mr. Fabre covers a skull in brilliantly colored beetle shells; Mr. Van Oost casts one in silver (with a hand poking its eyes out).”

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