单词 | true-hearted |
释义 | true-heartedadj. 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). < adj.1465 |
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