hale and heartiness en · NOUN
Etymology
From hale and hearty + -ness.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The state or quality of being hale and hearty.
As for his own relative hale and heartiness, he attributed it to drinking a bottle of beer per night; ‘all the beer drinkers seem to be keeping pretty fit’.
2016, John Lewis-Stempel, Where Poppies Blow, Weidenfeld & Nicolson:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| hale-and-heartiness | alternative | lexicographic |