highhearted en · ADJ
Etymology
From high + hearted.
Meanings
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(alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of high-hearted.
alt of high-hearted
Some of them are highhearted signs of good cheer.
2010, Geoff Dyer, Working the Room: Essays and Reviews: 1999-2010, →ISBN:Highhearted youth comes not again Nor old heart's wisdom yet to know The signs that mock me as I go.
1918, James Joyce, Bahnhofstrasse:The Queen of Navarre has, as I had heard full often, but now saw for myself, a highhearted courage.
2009, Caroline Atwater Mason, A Lily of France, →ISBN, page 121:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most highhearted | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more highhearted | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |