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whitehearted

whitehearted is the alternative form of white-hearted.

Meaning of white-hearted

Adjective

white-hearted (comparative more white-hearted, superlative most white-hearted)

  1. Cowardly; lily-livered.
    • […] and call the defendant a white-hearted son-of-a-bitch?1898, Texas. Court of Criminal Appeals, The Texas Criminal Reports, page 67
  2. Pure in heart; morally good and innocent.
    • The old deacon had just driven the old mare out on the road to go three miles to church when his wife, who was equally as whitehearted woman as he was a man, said, 'Oh dear, what have we done? […] Here we are going to church this blessed Sunday morning morning and there is that poor little calf...1894, Annual Report, Maine: Board of Agriculture, page 172

Forms of whitehearted

comparativemore whitehearted
superlativemost whitehearted

Questions about whitehearted

What is whitehearted the alternative form of?
Whitehearted is the alternative form of white-hearted.

Words near whitehearted in the dictionary

  1. Whiteheadian
  2. Whiteheadians
  3. whiteheads
  4. Whiteheads Creek
  5. whiteheart
  6. whitehearted
  7. whitehearts
  8. Whitehill
  9. Whitehills
  10. whitehood
  11. Whitehorn

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