dead-hearted en · ADJ
Etymology
From dead + hearted.
Meanings
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(alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of deadhearted.
alt of deadhearted
An eighteenth-century planter in Virginia complained: "My people seem to be quite dead-hearted and either cannot or will not work."
1981, David G. Sweet, Gary B. Nash, Struggle and Survival in Colonial America, →ISBN, page 125:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most dead-hearted | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more dead-hearted | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |