单词 | heart-whole |
释义 | heart-wholeadj. 1. Having courage and good spirits; unafraid, undismayed. Also (chiefly in early use): free from injury; healthy, robust. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [adjective] > robust or healthy heart-wholea1470 robust1490 roaring1848 well-to-do1852 red-blooded1876 the mind > emotion > courage > fearlessness > undauntedness > [adjective] undiscomfitedc1374 unabased?a1400 unfeared1435 heart-wholea1470 unamoved1513 unastonished1533 unbashed1536 unfrayedc1540 unabashed1571 unmated1577 unappalled1578 unquailed1583 undaunted1587 undashed1595 undeterred1607 undismayed1615 unblenched1637 unstarted1659 unstartled1659 unawed1693 unhesitating1753 unintimidated1764 undaunting1786 unquailing1824 qualmless1888 uncowed1891 a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) II. 532 Never drede you..for I am harte-hole, and of thys wounde I shall sone be hole. 1564 T. Becon Demandes Holy Script. f. cccclii, in Wks. iii. We perceiue that through faith in Iesus Christ, our sinnes be forgiuen, and that we be in the fauour of God: we be heart hole, mery, and sounde. 1590 J. Smythe Certain Disc. Weapons f. 25v If they shall happen to haue anie ache, or aches in their necks, shoulders, armes, backs, thighs, leggs, or feet, although that they be otherwise hart whole enough [etc.]. 1656 Ld. Hatton in E. Nicholas Nicholas Papers (1897) III. 280 I haue not heard from..the good Earle of N... I hope he is hart whole. 1687 tr. P. Barbette Thes. Chirurgiæ (ed. 4) 384 Her Eyes looked well, and her Tongue was moist, and she seemed very heart-whole. 1722 E. Naish in Philos. Trans. 1720–21 (Royal Soc.) 31 226 Dying daily by Piecemeal; but Heart-whole, as he express'd it. 1757 Hist. Sir Roger & Son Joe (ed. 2) II. 236 Her Creditors..tore her all to Pieces; tho' she praised her Stars, she was still heart-whole, she said. 1812 H. Corp Cottage Sketches (1813) I. xi. 93 James had no thought of his dying so soon, for he seemed heart-whole, as the saying is, and he was at our cottage but a day or two before. 1843 T. Watson Lect. Physic I. xxviii. 584 The mental faculties are clear, and the patients serene, and what is called heartwhole, to the last. 1871 Boston Med. & Surg. Jrnl. 8 June 388/2 It kills! and kills often..and when given by the most experienced to the healthiest and heart-whole subjects! 1911 Sabbath Recorder 13 Mar. 338/1 God broke our years to hours and days, That hour by hour and day by day,..We might be able all along To keep ourselves heart-whole and strong. 2. Not emotionally attached; not in love. Chiefly in predicative use. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > amorous love > [adjective] > free from the power of love fancy-free1600 heart-wholea1616 a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) iv. i. 46 Cupid hath clapt him oth' shoulder, but Ile warrant him heart hole. 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 288. ⁋1 Your (yet Heart-whole) Admirer, and devoted humble Servant, Melainia. 1779 Wedding Ring II. 91 I..though daily in the company of some of the most agreeable women in the kingdom..have remained heart-whole. 1803 C. Cuthbertson Romance of Pyrenees IV. 165 Depend upon it, Roselia, your conte di Paragon is no longer heart-whole; and..he has got into some sly corner out of our sight, either to make love to, or contemplate the perfections of, his adorable. 1862 C. E. L. Riddell World in Church (1865) 314 Having passed heart-whole through a succession of London seasons. 1920 L. J. Libby in Wanderer 130 Are you heart-whole and fancy free, therefore in the love-market? 1988 M. A. Doody Frances Burney ii. 43 But she was basically heart-whole, and did not think of herself as on the marriage market. 2009 ‘L. Howard’ Burn vi. 82 Jenner considered herself heart-whole. She'd had crushes, sure, and a couple of times when she was younger thought she was in love, but that was it. 3. a. Wholehearted, genuine, sincere; free from hypocrisy or affectation. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > sincerity, freedom from deceit > [adjective] aefauldOE trueOE true as steela1300 throlya1375 entirec1380 faithfula1382 entirelyc1400 single1519 sincere1533 sincere1539 simple-minded1556 Dunstable?1565 truthful?1567 single-hearted1574 single-minded1577 sound1580 downright1584 unaffected1592 real1597 plain-hearted1601 unartificial1603 free1619 honest1634 fair and square1636 round-dealing1642 wholehearted1657 down flata1663 well-designing1670 heart-whole1684 single-eyed1705 unsanctimoniousa1797 natural1825 bona fide1827 unfallacious1827 jannock1828 forthcoming1835 up and down1836 bonified1840 forthgoing1851 unhypocritical1854 forthright1855 upstanding1863 on the level1872 genuine1890 for real1954 upfront1967 1684 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 2nd Pt. ii. 141 Any Pilgrim..if he keeps Heart-whole towards his Master. View more context for this quotation 1830 Lady Morgan France in 1829–30 I. 100 His heart-whole cordiality, his affectionate welcome, his animated manner and benignant smile. 1879 F. W. Farrar Life & Work St. Paul I. vii. xxv. 489 The Philippians were heart-whole in their Christian faith. 1886 M. W. Hungerford Lady Branksmere I. i. 18 Such a gay, pretty, heart-whole laugh! 1921 G. Stratton-Porter Her Father's Daughter xxxii. 466 If I decide she is in genuine, sincere, heart-whole earnest, I might introduce her and John to my friend. 1970 Times 3 Apr. 4/6 Conclusions would be drawn about whether he and his colleagues remain heart-whole on Europe. 2008 P. Norman John Lennon (2009) xxiii. 598 John's ‘Don't Let Me Down’ spoke directly to Yoko with heart-whole commitment. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adjective] > utter or absolute shirea1225 purec1300 properc1380 plainc1395 cleana1400 fine?a1400 entirec1400 veryc1400 starka1425 utterc1430 utterlyc1440 merec1443 absolute1531 outright1532 cleara1535 bloodyc1540 unproachable1544 flat1553 downright1577 sheer1583 right-down?1586 single1590 peremptory1601 perfecta1616 downa1625 implicit1625 every way1628 blank1637 out-and-outa1642 errant1644 inaccessional1651 thorough-paced1651 even down1654 dead1660 double-dyed1667 through stitch1681 through-stitched1682 total1702 thoroughgoing1719 thorough-sped1730 regular1740 plumb1748 hollow1751 unextenuated1765 unmitigated1783 stick, stock, stone dead1796 positive1802 rank1809 heart-whole1823 skire1825 solid1830 fair1835 teetotal1840 bodacious1845 raw1856 literal1857 resounding1873 roaring1884 all out1893 fucking1893 pink1896 twenty-four carat1900 grand slam1915 stone1928 diabolical1933 fricking1937 righteous1940 fecking1952 raving1954 1823 C. Lamb in London Mag. Nov. 478/1 This arch-bigot, this heart-whole traitor. Derivatives ˈheart-wholeness n. ΚΠ 1840 W. Howitt in Heads of People 262 I doubt much of this ‘Bold peasantry, a country's pride’ is lowered in its tone both of heart-wholeness, boldness, and affection, by the hard times and hard measures that have passed over every district. 1888 Mrs. H. Ward Robert Elsmere III. v. xxxi. 4 She had been calmly certain of her own heart-wholeness. 1982 W. R. Johnson Idea of Lyric ii. 49 Because Sappho and the voices from whom she is..indistinguishable are best defined by their elegance, conscious artistry, and rhetorical sophistication does not mean that they fail of genuine feeling or heart-wholeness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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