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ˈheart-whole, a.
[See whole.]
1. Uninjured at the heart; having the spirits or courage unimpaired; undismayed.
1470–85Malory Arthur ix. xxxiv, Neuer drede the, for I am herte hole, and of this wounde I shal soone be hole. 1591Horsey Trav. (Hakl. Soc.) 201 He is as hartt hole as ever he was. 1656Ld. Hatton in Nicholas Pap. (Camden) III. 280, I haue not heard from..the good Earle of N... I hope he is hart whole. 1721Naish in Phil. Trans. XXXI. 226 Dying daily by Piecemeal; but Heart-whole, as he express'd it. 1843Sir T. Watson Princ. & Pract. Phys. (1871) I. xxviii. 600 The mental faculties are clear, and the patients serene, and what is called heart-whole, to the last.
2. Having the affections free; with the heart unengaged.
1600Shakes. A.Y.L. iv. i. 49 Cupid hath clapt him oth' shoulder, but Ile warrant him heart hole. 1712Steele Spect. No. 288 ⁋1 Your (yet Heart-whole) Admirer, and devoted humble Servant, Melainia. 1862Mrs. J. H. Riddell World in Ch. (1865) 314 Having passed heart-whole through a succession of London seasons.
3. Whole-hearted; free from hypocrisy or affectation; sincere, genuine.
1684Bunyan Pilgr. ii. 141 Any Pilgrim..if he keeps Heart-whole towards his Master. 1879Farrar St. Paul (1883) 353 The Philippians were heart-whole in their Christian faith. 1886M. W. Hungerford Lady Branksmere I. i. 18 Such a gay, pretty, heart-whole laugh!
b. Thorough, thorough-paced, unmitigated.
1811Lamb Guy Faux Misc. Wks. (1871) 370 This arch⁓bigot, this heart-whole traitor.
Hence ˈheartwholeness.
1882H. C. Merivale Faucit of B. III. ii. xiv. 69 That same heartwholeness..had been exposed to some dangerous siege-work. 1888Mrs. H. Ward R. Elsmere III. 4 Calmly certain of her own heart-wholeness. |