high-heartedness

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English

Etymology

From high-hearted +‎ -ness.

Noun

high-heartedness (uncountable)

  1. Courage or nobility.
    • 2006, Temple Bailey, The Trumpeter Swan, →ISBN, page 169:
      It was the high-heartedness of people which had won the war. It would be the high-heartedness of men and women which would bring sanity and serenity to a troubled world.
  2. Liveliness, passion, or vivacity.
    • 1980, John Wesley, A. C. Outler, John Wesley, →ISBN, page 16:
      In the four months following his review of The Homilies, we have a detailed record of Wesley's unremitting diligence, his intermittent anxieties and only occasional moments of joy and high-heartedness.
    • 2013, Cynthia Voigt, Elske: A Novel of the Kingdom, →ISBN:
      “I do not know, unless it is for your charms and high-heartedness, which draw people to you.