单词 | free-hearted |
释义 | free-heartedadj. Having a free heart, in various senses; frank, open, unreserved; not burdened with anxiety, guilt, or suspicion; acting on the spontaneous impulse of the heart; generous, liberal. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > liberal giving > [adjective] custyeOE room-handeda1200 largea1225 free?c1225 plenteousc1350 bounteousc1374 liberalc1384 free-hearteda1398 ungnedea1400 royalc1405 opena1425 plentifula1475 profuse?a1475 ungrighta1475 lavishc1475 almifluent1477 prodigous1477 frank1484 bountiful1508 largifluent?a1525 munificent1565 magnificent1577 largeous1583 munifical1583 magnifical1586 free-handed1592 frolic1593 open-handed1593 magnific?1594 prodigal1595 goodwillya1598 communicativea1602 real1602 prodig1605 unniggard1605 generous1615 open-hearteda1617 large-handeda1628 unniggardly1628 fluent1633 profusive1638 numerous1655 largifical1656 insordid1660 unsparing1667 dispensive1677 expensive1678 wasteful1701 flush1703 unboundeda1704 genteel1741 munific1745 magnifique1751 ungrudginga1774 unstinting1845 brickish1860 flaithulach1876 princely1889 outgiving1896 sharing1922 two-handed1929 the world > action or operation > behaviour > unaffectedness or naturalness > [adjective] > straightforward or frank right fortha1382 plaina1393 free-hearteda1398 round1487 opena1535 sincere1539 frank1555 pert1567 single-hearted1574 single-minded1577 direct1586 open-hearted1593 open-breasted1594 transparent1600 unclose1606 unminced1648 even down1654 unreserved1654 rugged1678 plain sailing1707 whole-footed1744 sturdy1775 heart-in-mouth1827 jannock1828 straightforward1829 direct-dealing1830 undiplomatic1834 straight-ahead1836 straight-up-and-down1859 man to man1902 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > sincerity, freedom from deceit > [adjective] > frank, candid free-hearteda1398 plain-dealing1567 plain-spoken1582 broad1588 free-spoken1606 free1611 unminced1648 unreserved1654 candid1675 above boarda1695 unmanaged1749 unprevaricating?1782 plain-speaking1787 loud-mouthing1788 bluff1808 outspoken1808 unglossing1827 straightforward1829 unwithholdinga1834 open-spoken1852 heart-to-heart1855 blunt-spoken1877 straight1894 the mind > emotion > pleasure > cheerfulness > [adjective] > light-hearted lightOE recklessc1400 lightsomea1425 light-hearted1440 free-hearted1549 unsolicitous1668 jaunty1672 carefree1795 light-heart1802 sans-souciant1826 buoyant-minded1833 cheero1915 viscerotonic1937 funsy1958 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xv. lxxix. 769 Angry of speche and sharpe, noþeles freehertede and fayre of speche. Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 177 Fre hertyd in yeftys, liberalis. 1549 M. Coverdale in M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. Ded. sig. +.ii They shewed them selues so willing, so glad, so cherefull, and so fre harted, to further the worke. 1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (xviii. 2) Bound..with the bond of freeharted and willing love. a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) iii. i. 10 That..Free-hearted Gentleman of Athens. View more context for this quotation 1684 T. Otway Atheist i. 8 Come, come, no trifling; be free-hearted and friendly. 1717 T. Purney Full Enq. True Nature of Pastoral ii. iv. 42 Soflin..is excessive Easy, and Complying, to a Fault; open and too free-hearted. 1762 J. Boswell London Jrnl. 14 Dec. (1950) 83 Free-hearted ladies of all kinds: from the splendid Madam at fifty guineas a night. 1819 W. Irving Sketch Bk. ii. 126 He..throws off his habits of shy reserve, and becomes joyous and free-hearted. a1853 F. W. Robertson Lect. (1858) ii. 61 A rigorous proscription of all freehearted mirth. 1881 E. C. G. Murray Sidelights Eng. Society (1884) 140 A rosy-cheeked, free-hearted lady, with a voice somewhat breezy and shrill, was this Consuless. 1925 W. N. Burns Saga Billy the Kid 67 He was a free-hearted, generous boy. He'd give a friend the shirt off his back. 1981 Folklore 92 254 Only occasionally..does this free-hearted comedy acquire a bitter tinge. 2005 News & Observer (Raleigh, N. Carolina) (Nexis) 17 May b8 He was a loving brother and a freehearted man who put others before himself. Derivatives free-ˈheartedly adv. ΚΠ 1889 Cent. Dict. 2369/1 Free-heartedly. 1890 ‘M. Field’ Tragic Mary iii. i. 108 O subtle casuistry! Kiss me once free-heartedly, and take these winter-roses in your cheeks to the queen. 1910 Sunday State Jrnl. (Lincoln, Nebraska) 14 Aug. a3/4 Laughter is akin to tears. Yet who can really laugh free-heartedly at the baiting of Don Jose by Carmen. 1992 Ottawa Citizen (Nexis) 11 Apr. c3 Throughout, Def Leppard sings powerfully and free-heartedly about women. free-ˈheartedness n. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > liberal giving > [noun] > liberality freedomOE custinessOE largesse?c1225 freeshipa1250 franchisec1325 largitya1382 largenessa1387 liberalityc1390 bountya1400 honestya1400 freenessc1400 largec1400 liberalnessc1410 munificencec1425 plentyc1425 bounteousnessc1440 magnificencec1450 bountifulness1489 bountines1512 royalty1548 magnificency?c1550 munificency?c1550 free-heartedness1583 profuseness1584 bountihead1590 lavishness1590 frankness1591 ingenuousness1611 fruitfulnessa1616 generosity1634 open-handednessa1640 large-heartedness1640 communicativeness1653 unsparingness1818 free-handedness1860 big-heartedness1872 ungrudgingness1885 two-handedness1891 outgivingness1968 1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie cxxix. 749/2 Let vs dedicate al vnto him with a syncere affection, & with an vpright free hartednes. 1607 S. Hieron Life & Death Dorcas in Wks. (1620) I. 389 As for examples, we haue..the free heartednesse of Cornelius, he gaue much almes. 1686 Bp. G. Burnet Some Lett. conc. Switzerland i. 58 They all met with a kindness and free heartedness, that [etc.]. 1845 J. H. Ingraham Harry Harefoot vi. 27 That social sympathy that makes mankind love each other, which is denominated free-heartedness, or ‘whole-souledness’. 1999 Lancaster (Pa.) New Era (Nexis) 3 July a1 I like her style. I like her music. I like her free-heartedness, the things she does for people. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1398 |
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