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hothearted

hothearted adjective: vehement; passionate.

Adjective

hothearted (comparative more hothearted, superlative most hothearted)

  1. Vehement; passionate.
    • The spirit laughs at the hothearted man, the man who said "never to me," watches him pinned in distress, unable to run free of the crests.1998, Kenneth John Atchity, Rosemary McKenna, The Classical Greek Reader, page 101
    • […] a hothearted believer in the cause.2012, Henning Grunwald, Courtroom to Revolutionary Stage, page 65

Forms of hothearted

comparativemore hothearted
superlativemost hothearted

Origin of hothearted

From hot + hearted.

Questions about hothearted

What does hothearted mean?
Hothearted means vehement; passionate.
What part of speech is hothearted?
Hothearted is an adjective.

Words near hothearted in the dictionary

  1. hothead
  2. hotheaded
  3. hotheadedly
  4. hotheadedness
  5. hotheads
  6. hothearted
  7. Hothersall
  8. Hothfield
  9. hothouse
  10. hothouse effect
  11. hothouse effects

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