[1350–1400; ME symple herted]This word is first recorded in the period 1350–1400. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: absolute, fix, kick, screen, train
Examples of 'simple-hearted' in a sentence
simple-hearted
Yet he was an old-fashioned, simple-hearted patriot, at heart.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The question is whether the rest of us still have the simple-hearted instinct to pitch in.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
But it must be done with conviction, simple-hearted respect for the past and the poetry of that simplicity.