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heartiness|ˈhɑːtɪnɪs|
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
The quality of being hearty; genuine sincerity of feeling, earnestness; enthusiasm, zeal; cordiality and friendliness of manner; goodness of appetite; strength, healthiness, vigour, etc.
1530Palsgr. 229/2 Hartynesse, magnanimité. 1548Udall Erasm. Par. Luke vii. (R.), The lustie freashnes & hertinesse of spirit in him. 1647Jer. Taylor Lib. Proph. §20 (R.) Idolatry..which yet they hate and disavow, with much zeal and heartiness of perswasion. a1715Burnet Own Time (1766) II. 13 The duke [of York] with a seeming heartiness gave his consent. 1862Lytton Str. Story II. 30 Strahan..rushed up to me with the heartiness of old college days. 1882A. W. Ward Dickens i. 14 Half achieving his task by the very heartiness with which he set about it. |