warm-heartedadj.
/ˌwɔːmˈhɑːtᵻd/, U.S. /ˌwɔrmˈhɑrdəd/ (Also ˈwarm-ˌhearted.)
Having a warm heart; of a generous and affectionate disposition. Also, proceeding from, or indicating, such a disposition; hearty, cordial.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > love > affection > [adjective] > characterized by warmth
heartlyc1390
warm-hearted?a1513
warm1526
blood-warm1833
a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 107 Be warme hairtit and not ewill wille.
1808 H. More Cœlebs in Search of Wife II. xlv. 392 Flam is naturally an open warm-hearted man.
1844 tr. M. T. Asmar Mem. Babylonian Princess II. 80 The kind and warm-hearted treatment which I had experienced from the Dryaah tribe.
1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede III. vi. l. 226 He's of a rash, warm-hearted nature, like Esau.
Derivatives
warm-ˈheartedly adv.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > love > affection > [adverb] > warmly
warmly1719
warm-heartedly1911
1911 Concise Oxf. Dict. Warm-heartedly adv.
warm-ˈheartedness n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > [noun]
goodshipOE
goodnessOE
well-willingnessOE
goodlaikc1175
charity?c1225
courtesy1297
kindnessc1300
meeknessc1300
kindheada1325
benignityc1374
benevolencec1384
kindshipa1393
betternessa1400
homeliness1402
goodliness1405
courteousnessc1430
kindliness1440
kindlaikc1450
beneficialness1528
beneficence1531
benevolency1545
beneficency1576
kindheartedness1583
benefiting1594
candidness1643
benefacture1651
geniality1652
candour1653
hearta1656
obliging1676
benevolentness1736
affectionateness1751
warm-heartedness1808
Samaritanism1843
sweet-heartedness1865
benignancy1876
1808 H. More Cœlebs in Search of Wife I. xi. 142 Her extreme naiveté and warm-heartedness.
1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop ii. xlii. 28 That's the way I've gone through life. Experience has never put a chill upon my warm-heartedness.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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