proud-heartedness en · NOUN
Etymology
From proud-hearted + -ness.
Meanings
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(alt-of, alternative, uncountable) Alternative form of proudheartedness.
alt of proudheartedness
...whilst on the side of a few there are ostentation and exclusiveness and the proud-heartedness that thrives on pity, not love, and on the side of the many there are envy, ignorance and suspicion.
1897, The Churchman - Volume 75, page 14: