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单词 true-hearted
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true-heartedadj.

Brit. /ˌtruːˈhɑːtᵻd/, U.S. /ˌtruˈhɑrdəd/
Forms: see true adj., n., adv., and int. and hearted adj.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: true adj., hearted adj.
Etymology: < true adj. + hearted adj.
Faithful, loyal; honest, sincere.
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > faithfulness or trustworthiness > fidelity or loyalty > [adjective]
holdc893
trueOE
leala1300
truefula1350
faithfula1375
true-hearted1465
liege1478
well-wishing1548
allegiant1556
vowed1560
lewtifull1563
whole-chested1576
devotious1583
devote1597
loyal-hearted1599
devoted1600
resolved1600
real1639
fidelious1650
liegeful1872
1465 M. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 303 Youre tenauntys of Drayton..be ryght gode and trew hertyd to you to there powers.
1471 M. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 360 Remembyre ho[w] keynd and true hartyd he hath ben tovus, to hys powre.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms xcvii. 11 A ioyfull gladnesse for soch as be true herted.
1553 R. Burrant tr. Erasmus in Preceptes Cato (new ed.) sig. O.vii Aduersitie dooeth trie and searche out, whether thei are feigned, or true harted frendes.
1608 G. Chapman Conspiracie Duke of Byron ii. sig. C4v To be reputed a true harted subiect.
1660 T. Watson Beatitudes 104 Late mourning is seldome true. That repentance is seldome true-hearted, which is gray-headed.
1714 D. Manley Modest Enq. Reasons Joy upon Her Majesty's Death 18 May such ignoble and base Sentiments be far from the Thoughts of every true-hearted Briton.
1769 H. Brooke Fool of Quality IV. xvii. 72 His downright and true-hearted kindness to me.
1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. xviii. 196 The son of one of the bravest and most truehearted of Scottish patriots.
1902 Poet-lore Oct. 88 Tommy Atkins, the big, brave, rough-mouthed, true-hearted British soldier.
1980 J. A. Hostetler Amish Society (ed. 3) i. ii. 35 He demanded their attitudes on..whether truehearted persons would be saved.
2005 M. Dibdin Back to Bologna (2006) 89 There isn't a true-hearted Bologna fan who isn't totally over the moon.

Derivatives

ˌtrue-ˈheartedness n.
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > faithfulness or trustworthiness > [noun]
truthOE
trotha1225
truefastnessa1225
trueshipa1225
trueness?c1225
soothnessc1275
faithc1300
good faithc1300
trustc1300
trueheadc1325
traistnessa1340
truthheada1400
faithfulnessc1400
loyaltyc1400
tristiness1408
trustinessc1450
confiance1490
fealty?1515
surety?c1535
loyalness1592
troth-keeping1605
true-heartedness1608
confidence1642
trustworthiness1662
responsibleness1706
dependence1752
reliability1810
trustihood1823
faithworthiness1828
reliableness1841
dependableness1860
dependability1901
1608 S. Hieron Helpe vnto Deuotion 31 Encrease..loyalty and true-heartednesse in his subiects.
1738 S. Whatley tr. K. L. von Pöllnitz Mem. III. 271 She..continu'd her Discourse to me with all the Plainness and True-heartedness that is seldom found in Narratives of this nature.
1858 in Lady Morgan Passages from Autobiogr. (1859) 222 (note) The same nobleness of soul,..the same single-mindedness, the same true-heartedness, were always present.
2004 New Yorker 24 May 94/2 He has combined that true-heartedness with a cackling irreverence.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1465
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