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highheartedness

highheartedness is the alternative form of high-heartedness.

Meaning of high-heartedness

Noun

high-heartedness (uncountable)

  1. Courage or nobility; heroism.
    • 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.2006, Temple Bailey, The Trumpeter Swan, →ISBN, page 169
  2. Liveliness, passion, or vivacity.
    • 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.1980, John Wesley, A. C. Outler, John Wesley, →ISBN, page 16

Origin of highheartedness

From highhearted + -ness.

Questions about highheartedness

What is highheartedness the alternative form of?
Highheartedness is the alternative form of high-heartedness.

Words near highheartedness in the dictionary

  1. highhanded
  2. highhandedly
  3. highhandedness
  4. highhearted
  5. highheartedly
  6. highheartedness
  7. highing
  8. highish
  9. highjack
  10. highjacked
  11. highjacker

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