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true-hearted, a.|ˈtruːˈhɑːtɪd|
Having a true heart; faithful, loyal; honest, sincere.
1471Marg. Paston in P. Lett. III. 30 Remembyr ho[w] keynd and true hartyd he hath ben to us to hys powre. 1535Coverdale Ps. xcvii. 11 A ioyfull gladnesse for soch as be true herted. 1608Chapman Byron's Consp. ii. i, To be reputed a true harted subiect. 1760–72H. Brooke Fool of Qual. (1809) III. 21 His downright and true-hearted kindness to me. 1855Macaulay Hist. Eng. xviii. IV. 196 The son of one of the bravest and most truehearted of Scottish patriots.
Hence ˌtrue-ˈheartedness.
1608Hieron Wks. I. 694 Encrease..loyalty and true-heartednesse in his subiects. 1858Lady Morgan Autobiog. (1859) 222 note, The same nobleness of soul,..the same single-mindedness, the same true-heartedness, were always present [in Ary-Scheffer]. |