high-heartedness
See also: highheartedness
English
editEtymology
editFrom high-hearted + -ness.
Noun
edithigh-heartedness (uncountable)
- Courage or nobility.
- 2006, Temple Bailey, The Trumpeter Swan, →ISBN, page 169:
- It was the high-heartedness of people which had won the war. It would be the high-heartedness of men and women which would bring sanity and serenity to a troubled world.
- Liveliness, passion, or vivacity.
- 1980, John Wesley, A. C. Outler, John Wesley, →ISBN, page 16:
- In the four months following his review of The Homilies, we have a detailed record of Wesley's unremitting diligence, his intermittent anxieties and only occasional moments of joy and high-heartedness.
- 2013, Cynthia Voigt, Elske: A Novel of the Kingdom, →ISBN:
- “I do not know, unless it is for your charms and high-heartedness, which draw people to you.