heartinessn.

c1475 (?a1440) B. Burgh Distichs of Cato (Rawl. C.48) l. 1141 in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1906) 116 32 Hee deemythe fals and failethe hertynesse.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 229/2 Hartynesse, magnanimité.

1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Luke vii. f. lxxxi^v The lustye freashenesse and heartynesse of spirite in him.

1631 R. Bolton Instr. Right Comf. Affl. Consciences i. xiv. 287 It is not so much the muchnesse and measure of our sorrow, as the truth and heartinesse, which fits us for the promises and comforts of mercy.

1647 Bp. J. Taylor Θεολογία Ἐκλεκτική xx. 261 Idolatry..which yet they hate and disavow with much zeale and heartinesse of perswasion.

a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 410 The Duke, with a seeming heartiness, gave his consent.

1780 Farmer's Mag. Jan. 31 A vast bulk of straw will be..produced, but, the heartiness of the land not being equal to the stimulus arising from its freshness, little corn.

1819 W. Scott Legend of Montrose xiii. 175 in Waverley Novels XV Dalgetty..began to munch at the stale black oaten loaf with as much heartiness as we have seen him play his part at better viands.

1862 E. Bulwer-Lytton Strange Story II. iv. 30 Strahan..rushed up to me with the heartiness of old college days.

1948 ‘R. Crompton’ Family Roundabout x. 116 He spoke with rather over-done heartiness in his efforts to break down the constraint.

1966 H. Davies New London Spy (1967) 153 During the England tennis championships, there is a great outdoor air of heartiness among Wimbledon queues.

2011 D. Phillips Easy Pressure Cooker Cookbk. 60 In many homes, the soup is made with lamb or chicken, which gives it extra flavor and heartiness.