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ˈtender-ˈhearted, a.
[Parasynthetic f. tender heart + -ed2.]
Having a tender heart; easily moved by † fear, pity, sorrow, or love; † timid; pitiful, compassionate; loving; impressionable.
1539Bible (Great) 2 Chron. xiii. 7 Whan Rehoboam was young & tender hearted. 1560― (Genev.) Eph. iv. 32 Be ye courteous one to another, & tender hearted [1539 mercyfull], forgiuing one another. 1652Kirkman Clerio & Lozia 69 Tenderhearted mothers bewail the loss of their dear children. 1888‘J. S. Winter’ Bootle's Childr. vii, Terry was very tender-hearted when women and children were concerned.
Hence ˈtender-ˈheartedness.
So ˈtender-heart, a tender-hearted person.
1607Hieron Wks. I. 186 Few men haue that tender-heartednesse, to account themselues..parties in the calamities of other Christians. 1798Southey Grandmother's T. Poet. Wks. 1838 III. 12 She little thought This tender-heartedness would cause her death! 1876L. Stephen Eng. Th. in 18th C. II. xii. vii. 444 They lay a new stress upon the advantage of tender-heartedness and sympathy.
1904Blackw. Mag. Oct. 513/1 Cheer up, little tender-heart. |