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English
Etymology
From Middle English herted, hertid; equivalent to heart + -ed.
Verb
hearted
- simple past and past participle of heart
Adjective
hearted (not comparable)
- (in combination) Having a specified kind or number of heart.
a hard-hearted woman
2001, Kumuda Reddy, Linda Egenes, Margaret Mullins, For a Blissful Baby:It is said that she is "two-hearted," which means that she now has to nourish and fulfill the desires of both her baby and herself.
- Seated or fixed in the heart. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
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