gladhearted en · ADJ
Etymology
From glad + hearted.
Meanings
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cheerful
They came back to camp wonderfully refreshed, glad-hearted, and ravenous; and they soon had the camp-fire blazing up again.
1876, Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer:[…] even the barest, ruggedest, most thunder-cloven old oak will at least send forth some few green sprouts, to welcome such glad-hearted visitants; so Ahab did, in the end, a little respond to the playful allurings of that girlish air.
1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more gladhearted | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most gladhearted | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |