stamina

Definitions


[ˈstamɪnə], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the ability to sustain prolonged physical or mental effort
(e.g: their secret is stamina rather than speed)


Phrases:

Origin:
late 17th century (in the sense ‘rudiments, essential elements of something’): from Latin, plural of stamen in the sense ‘threads spun by the Fates’




definition by Oxford Dictionaries