free-hearted en · ADJ
Etymology
From free + hearted.
Meanings
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(alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of freehearted.
alt of freehearted
I was not made of sugar, I was no mollycoddle to be afraid of an ill-aired bed or a sprinkle of snow; and I would knock upon the table with my fist and call for t'other bottle, like the noisy and free-hearted young gentleman I was.
1897, Nathaniel Hawthorne, St. Ives:He was simply one of those many thousand England yearly turns out from her public schools of fine, dashing, free-hearted, careless boys, whose most marked feature in character is a wholesome horror of all that is mean or shabby.
2009, Charles Lever, One of Them, →ISBN, page 28:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more free-hearted | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most free-hearted | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |