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greatheartedness

greatheartedness noun: the state or quality of being greathearted; courage or magnanimity.

Noun

greatheartedness (uncountable)

  1. The state or quality of being greathearted; courage or magnanimity.
    • Miss Porter bears testimony, like every one else who knew him, to his greatheartedness no less than to his genius.1854, Nathaniel Parker Willis, Famous Persons and Places, page 116
    • That virtue is called bravery which contains greatheartedness and a lofty contempt of pain and death.1998, Marcus Tullius Cicero (translated by Jonathan Powell), The Republic and The Laws, →ISBN, page 84

Origin of greatheartedness

From greathearted + -ness.

Questions about greatheartedness

What does greatheartedness mean?
Greatheartedness means the state or quality of being greathearted; courage or magnanimity.
What part of speech is greatheartedness?
Greatheartedness is a noun.

Words near greatheartedness in the dictionary

  1. greathammers
  2. Greathead
  3. Greatheads
  4. greathearted
  5. greatheartedly
  6. greatheartedness
  7. greathelm
  8. greathelms
  9. Greathouse
  10. Greathouses
  11. greatish

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