stone-heartedness en · NOUN
Etymology
From stone-hearted + -ness.
Meanings
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(alt-of, alternative, uncountable) Alternative form of stoneheartedness.
alt of stoneheartedness
Some are relatively clear, such as Wilde's visitation at the table-turning séance: Sibyl Vane kills herself because of Dorian Gray's singular stone-heartedness, and the dead author speaks in “garbled French” because he is addressing the supercilious Frenchman;
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