单词 | good-hearted |
释义 | good-heartedadj. Of good heart; esp. (in early use) honest, dutiful, and steadfast; (now) kind and well-meaning; willing to help others. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > [adjective] mildeOE blitheOE goodOE well-willingOE beina1200 goodfulc1275 blithefula1300 faira1300 benignc1320 gainc1330 sweetc1330 kinda1333 propicec1350 well-willeda1382 well-disposeda1393 well-hearteda1393 well-willinga1393 friendsomea1400 well-willya1400 charitablec1405 well-willed1417 good-heartedc1425 kindlyc1425 honeyed1435 propitious1440 affectuousc1441 willya1449 homelyc1450 benevolous1470 benigned1470 benevolent1482 favourousc1485 well-meaned1488 well-meaning1498 humanec1500 favourablec1503 affectionatea1516 well-mindedc1522 beneficial1526 propiciant1531 benignate1533 well-intendeda1535 beneficious1535 kind-hearted1535 well-given1535 affectioned1539 well-wishing1548 figgy?1549 good-meaning1549 affectedc1553 affectionated1561 well-natured1561 well-affected?1563 officious1565 well-inclined1569 good-natured1582 partial1587 graceful?1593 well-intentioned1598 beneficent1616 candid1633 kindlike1637 benefic1641 kindly-hearted1762 well-meant1765 benignanta1782 sweet-hearted1850 society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > [adjective] > conscientious faithfulc1400 good-heartedc1425 rigorousa1500 nice-conscienced1530 scrupulous1542 conscionable1549 punctual1609 conscientious1611 tender-conscienceda1617 conscious1628 society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > faithfulness or trustworthiness > [adjective] soothfastc825 truefastOE i-treowec1000 unfakenOE trueOE sickerc1100 trigc1175 strustya1250 steel to the (very) backa1300 true as steela1300 certainc1325 well-provedc1325 surec1330 traistc1330 tristc1330 trustya1350 faithfula1382 veryc1385 sada1387 discreet1387 trust1389 trothfulc1390 tristya1400 proveda1425 good-heartedc1425 well-trusted?a1439 tristfulc1440 authorizablea1475 faithworthy?1526 tentik1534 fidele1539 truthfulc1550 suresby1553 responsible1558 trestc1560 reliable1569 cocksurea1575 sound1581 trustful1582 truepenny1589 true (also good, sure) as touch1590 probable1596 confident1605 trustable1606 axiopistical1611 loyala1616 reposeful1627 confiding1645 fiducial1647 laudable1664 safe1667 accountable1683 serious1693 sponsible1721 dependable1730 unfailing1798 truthya1802 trustworthy1829 all right1841 stand-up1841 falsehood-free1850 right1856 proven1872 bankable1891 secure1954 c1425 tr. J. Arderne Treat. Fistula (Sloane 277) (1910) 21 When for-soþ thou knowez..þat the pacient is gode herted and abydyng, it is noȝt to drede. ?1555 M. Coverdale tr. O. Werdmuller Frutefull, Piththye & Learned Treat. i. ix. 33 Whych thyng thorowly to consider, maketh a good hearted parson ye more desirous of death, whiche delyuereth vs from thys synfull lyfe. 1562 Certayn Serm. preached in Lincs. in H. Latimer 27 Serm. ii. f. 134v All they that be good hearted, that loue godlynes, they wyshe for a parliament. 1693 N. Staphorst tr. L. Rauwolf Trav. Eastern Countries ii. x, in J. Ray Coll. Curious Trav. I. 214 These are good-hearted Christians, which have great Compassion on their Fellow-Christians, and love to entertain and to be kind to Strangers. 1754 World 18 July 486 I am a very good hearted honest girl. 1797 A. M. Bennett Beggar Girl I. v. 148 [Betty] is such an engaging, good-hearted little dab. 1843 A. Bethune Sc. Peasant's Fire-side 52 But you are a good-hearted fellow, my dear Quiddit—I know you are. 1891 C. Roberts Adrift in Amer. 147 Her husband also was one of the most sterling good-hearted men I ever knew. 1936 M. R. Anand Coolie v. 305 She would be good to him, which was easy, because she was good-hearted. 1977 B. MacLaverty Secrets 83 A queer fish but a good hearted lad. 2009 New Yorker 13 Apr. 16/1 There is the brawling but good-hearted Communist stagehand who struggles to keep the beautiful young chansonnier from the disgusting embrace of a local landlord and crime boss. Derivatives good-ˈheartedness adj. the quality of being good-hearted. ΚΠ 1572 in J. Strype Ann. Reformation (1725) II. i. xxi. 203 A notable Spectacle of your good Heartedness. 1813 Examiner 29 Mar. 204/1 The unadulterated good-heartedness of its principal characters. 2000 Big Issue 10 Apr. 12/3 Does this count as good-heartedness on his part or merely the natural culmination of some obsessive syndrome? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.c1425 |
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