wholeheartedadj.

Brit.

/ˌhəʊlˈhɑːtᵻd/, U.S.

/ˌhoʊlˈhɑrdəd/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: whole adj., hearted adj.

Etymology: < whole adj. + hearted adj. With sense 1 compare earlier broken-hearted adj. With sense 2 compare earlier whole heart at whole adj. 7b. Compare also heart-whole adj.

†1. Convinced of one's own moral perfection; not afraid of divine judgement; self-righteous. Obsolete.Sometimes contrasted with broken-hearted; cf. Luke 4:18: ‘He hath sent mee to heale the broken hearted’ (King James Bible).

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [adjective] > consciously respectable

self-righteous?1575

Pharisaica1618

wholehearteda1628

smug1669

pious1683

righteous1809

a1628 J. Preston Golden Scepter (1638) 263 A man that is still whole hearted ever since hee was borne, and never affrighted with sinne and wrath.

1647 S. Rutherford Christ Dying 251 No whole-hearted sinners meet with Christ.

1759 J. Hart Hymns Pref. p. xix A whole-hearted Disciple can have but little Communion with a broken-hearted Lord.

1781 J. Cave Epist. Inhabitants Gillingham i. 19 Where is the unconverted, whole-hearted, boasting Pharisee now?

1805 Evening Fire-side 3 Aug. 265/2 You will suffer persecution, perhaps even among some of your own whole-hearted people.

1878 T. Bradbury Grove Chapel Pulpit II. xcv. 511 Whole-hearted hypocrites find no encouragement here.

a. Of a person: completely devoted or committed; totally sincere.Apparently not recorded in 18th cent.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > zeal or enthusiasm > [adjective]

needfulOE

anguishous?c1225

eager?a1300

throc1330

fierce1377

desirousc1386

affectuousa1400

yeverousa1400

inwardc1402

earnestful?1406

rathe?c1450

zealing1459

increc1480

affectual1483

zealous1526

affectioneda1533

jealous1535

heartyc1540

affectivec1550

earnest1563

pricking1575

forward1587

affectionate1598

passiveless1602

zealful1602

full-hearteda1616

wholehearted1644

intense1645

high1649

covetous1652

thorough-hearted1656

keen as mustard1659

fell1667

fervent1673

smirk1674

zealed1679

prest1697

strenuous1713

enthusiastic1741

enthusiastical1755

whole-souled1821

con amore1828

lyrical1875

mustard1919

gung ho1942

the mind > attention and judgement > attention > earnest attention, concentration > [adjective] > absorbed, engrossed

absolute1483

rapta1500

wrapped1548

full1578

bewrapped1589

immerse1626

wholehearted1644

undistracted1659

absorpt1697

wrapped (up) in1711

deep1735

absorbed1763

undiverted1798

unindifferent1813

whole-souled1821

absorbing1825

wrapped1884

hung-up on1966

1634 W. Lathum Phyala Lachrymarum 10 Thy friend, thy sound-whole-hearted friend.]

1644 R. Williams Mr. Cottons Let. Examined & Answered To Rdr. (margin) Whole hearted seekers the only seekers of Christ Iesus.

1651 J. Horn Caveat to All True Christians ii. 27 Many are in that sense perfect, whole-hearted for God and Christ.

1821 Christian Herald (Portsmouth, New Hampsh.) 8 Nov. 88/1 More faithful, whole hearted laborers, who..trust in the chief shepherd for their reward.

1840 W. E. Channing Let. 18 July in Corr. (1874) 366 What a whole-hearted man! as we Yankees say.

1882 Cent. Mag. Feb. 618/1 But it chanced, in the summer just passed, that the district secured a genuine whole-hearted school-master.

1938 Classical Philol. 33 293 Some of his statements seem to indicate that he was a wholehearted Panhellenist, others that he was a narrow Athenian patriot.

1953 E. Lönnroth in G. A. Craig & F. Gilbert Diplomats: 1919–39 (1994) iii. 96 Stresemann..was in constant contact with Undén, whom he tried to make a whole-hearted champion of Germany's interests within the League.

2014 R. Kennedy Children's War iv. 102 The assistance of boys who were wholehearted in their work.

b. Of an action, emotion, etc.: characterized by complete sincerity and commitment.rare before 19th cent.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > sincerity, freedom from deceit > [adjective]

aefauldOE

trueOE

true as steela1300

throlya1375

entirec1380

faithfula1382

entirelyc1400

single1519

sincere1533

sincere1539

simple-minded1556

Dunstable?1565

truthful?1567

single-hearted1574

single-minded1577

sound1580

downright1584

unaffected1592

real1597

plain-hearted1601

unartificial1603

free1619

honest1634

fair and square1636

round-dealing1642

wholehearted1657

down flata1663

well-designing1670

heart-whole1684

single-eyed1705

unsanctimoniousa1797

natural1825

bona fide1827

unfallacious1827

jannock1828

forthcoming1835

up and down1836

bonified1840

forthgoing1851

unhypocritical1854

forthright1855

upstanding1863

on the level1872

genuine1890

for real1954

upfront1967

1657 F. Roberts Mysterium & Medulla Bibliorum iii. iv. 719 The Lord calls for whole-hearted, not half-hearted Obedience.

1837 Literary & Theol. Rev. Dec. 508 Their whole-hearted desire to promote the highest benefit of their race.

1855 E. B. Pusey Doctr. Real Presence Notes 366 The most perfect and whole-hearted repentance.

1901 Scotsman 14 Mar. 6/4 The whole-hearted support of British policy by the Canadians.

1989 J. Aiken Blackground i. 46 I enjoyed becoming the object of someone else's wholehearted, obsessive pursuit and admiration.

2013 D. K. Goodwin Bully Pulpit xxvi. 664 Roosevelt expressed wholehearted approval.

Derivatives

ˌwholeˈheartedly adv. in a completely committed or totally sincere manner.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > zeal or enthusiasm > [adverb]

yernlyc725

yerneOE

yernfullyOE

earnestlyOE

fastOE

needlya1350

keenlya1375

prestlya1375

eagerlyc1380

busilya1400

earnestfullya1400

enkerly?a1400

entirelya1400

affectuously?a1425

affectuallyc1425

effectually1434

heartfullya1450

heartilya1450

increlyc1480

zealously?1495

affectionately1534

earnest1563

heart and soul1620

obnixiously1632

obnixely1641

earn1656

warmly1665

enthusiastically1730

con amore1749

ravingly1825

wholeheartedly1845

enthusiastly1846

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > sincerity, freedom from deceit > [adverb]

utterly?c1225

entirelya1340

faithlyc1350

without (but) feigningc1380

clearly1389

whollyc1390

unfeigninglyc1400

entirec1430

unfeigneda1469

without coloura1513

honestly1526

singly1526

unfeignedly1526

uncolourably1541

bona fide1542

frankly?1553

sincerely1560

squarely1564

uprightly1565

square1577

single-mindedly1579

undissemblinglyc1585

above board1599

fair and square1604

downright1607

downrightly1632

really1641

uncasuistly1649

honest1654

up tro1654

plain-heartedly1675

unaffectedly1677

straightforwardly1839

wholeheartedly1845

unfallaciously1852

up and down1854

single-heartedly1857

unflatteringly1874

uncynically1895

square on1963

1845 Freeman's Jrnl. (Dublin) 1 Jan. That Carlton should write a book..whole-heartedly Irish, has long been wished for by every Irishman.

1893 in J. H. Barrows World's Parl. Relig. I. 534 Socially, we unite whole-heartedly and without reservation with our non-Jewish fellow-citizens.

1961 E. Wagenknecht Nathaniel Hawthorne iv. 124 Whittier..did not wholeheartedly support the Civil War.

2003 Bitch Summer 26/2 Because Charlene is presented from the start as a sponger.., the film doesn't let us believe wholeheartedly in her innocence.

ˌwholeˈheartedness n.

ΚΠ

a1658 J. Durham Unsearchable Riches Christ (1685) 96 The lifelessness and whole heartedness, that manifestly discover themselves, in our own hearing of these things, declare much what we are.

1836 W. A. Alcott Life Peter Apostle xvii. 77 His whole-heartedness in returning to duty.

1882 F. W. Farrar Early Christianity II. iv. xxii. 43 A wavering disposition,..a want of whole-heartedness, a dualism of life and aim.

1969 Bull. Atomic Scientists Feb. 44/2 The reassertion of collectivist agriculture was not accepted with equal whole-heartedness by all the leaders.

2010 D. E. Miller J. S. Mill ix. 188 Some commentators call the wholeheartedness of Mill's endorsement of plural voting into question.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	wholehearted
释义	wholeheartedadj. Brit. /ˌhəʊlˈhɑːtᵻd/, U.S. /ˌhoʊlˈhɑrdəd/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: whole adj., hearted adj. Etymology: < whole adj. + hearted adj. With sense 1 compare earlier broken-hearted adj. With sense 2 compare earlier whole heart at whole adj. 7b. Compare also heart-whole adj. †1. Convinced of one's own moral perfection; not afraid of divine judgement; self-righteous. Obsolete.Sometimes contrasted with broken-hearted; cf. Luke 4:18: ‘He hath sent mee to heale the broken hearted’ (King James Bible). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [adjective] > consciously respectable self-righteous?1575 Pharisaica1618 wholehearteda1628 smug1669 pious1683 righteous1809 a1628 J. Preston Golden Scepter (1638) 263 A man that is still whole hearted ever since hee was borne, and never affrighted with sinne and wrath. 1647 S. Rutherford Christ Dying 251 No whole-hearted sinners meet with Christ. 1759 J. Hart Hymns Pref. p. xix A whole-hearted Disciple can have but little Communion with a broken-hearted Lord. 1781 J. Cave Epist. Inhabitants Gillingham i. 19 Where is the unconverted, whole-hearted, boasting Pharisee now? 1805 Evening Fire-side 3 Aug. 265/2 You will suffer persecution, perhaps even among some of your own whole-hearted people. 1878 T. Bradbury Grove Chapel Pulpit II. xcv. 511 Whole-hearted hypocrites find no encouragement here. 2. a. Of a person: completely devoted or committed; totally sincere.Apparently not recorded in 18th cent. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > zeal or enthusiasm > [adjective] needfulOE anguishous?c1225 eager?a1300 throc1330 fierce1377 desirousc1386 affectuousa1400 yeverousa1400 inwardc1402 earnestful?1406 rathe?c1450 zealing1459 increc1480 affectual1483 zealous1526 affectioneda1533 jealous1535 heartyc1540 affectivec1550 earnest1563 pricking1575 forward1587 affectionate1598 passiveless1602 zealful1602 full-hearteda1616 wholehearted1644 intense1645 high1649 covetous1652 thorough-hearted1656 keen as mustard1659 fell1667 fervent1673 smirk1674 zealed1679 prest1697 strenuous1713 enthusiastic1741 enthusiastical1755 whole-souled1821 con amore1828 lyrical1875 mustard1919 gung ho1942 the mind > attention and judgement > attention > earnest attention, concentration > [adjective] > absorbed, engrossed absolute1483 rapta1500 wrapped1548 full1578 bewrapped1589 immerse1626 wholehearted1644 undistracted1659 absorpt1697 wrapped (up) in1711 deep1735 absorbed1763 undiverted1798 unindifferent1813 whole-souled1821 absorbing1825 wrapped1884 hung-up on1966 1634 W. Lathum Phyala Lachrymarum 10 Thy friend, thy sound-whole-hearted friend.] 1644 R. Williams Mr. Cottons Let. Examined & Answered To Rdr. (margin) Whole hearted seekers the only seekers of Christ Iesus. 1651 J. Horn Caveat to All True Christians ii. 27 Many are in that sense perfect, whole-hearted for God and Christ. 1821 Christian Herald (Portsmouth, New Hampsh.) 8 Nov. 88/1 More faithful, whole hearted laborers, who..trust in the chief shepherd for their reward. 1840 W. E. Channing Let. 18 July in Corr. (1874) 366 What a whole-hearted man! as we Yankees say. 1882 Cent. Mag. Feb. 618/1 But it chanced, in the summer just passed, that the district secured a genuine whole-hearted school-master. 1938 Classical Philol. 33 293 Some of his statements seem to indicate that he was a wholehearted Panhellenist, others that he was a narrow Athenian patriot. 1953 E. Lönnroth in G. A. Craig & F. Gilbert Diplomats: 1919–39 (1994) iii. 96 Stresemann..was in constant contact with Undén, whom he tried to make a whole-hearted champion of Germany's interests within the League. 2014 R. Kennedy Children's War iv. 102 The assistance of boys who were wholehearted in their work. b. Of an action, emotion, etc.: characterized by complete sincerity and commitment.rare before 19th cent. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > sincerity, freedom from deceit > [adjective] aefauldOE trueOE true as steela1300 throlya1375 entirec1380 faithfula1382 entirelyc1400 single1519 sincere1533 sincere1539 simple-minded1556 Dunstable?1565 truthful?1567 single-hearted1574 single-minded1577 sound1580 downright1584 unaffected1592 real1597 plain-hearted1601 unartificial1603 free1619 honest1634 fair and square1636 round-dealing1642 wholehearted1657 down flata1663 well-designing1670 heart-whole1684 single-eyed1705 unsanctimoniousa1797 natural1825 bona fide1827 unfallacious1827 jannock1828 forthcoming1835 up and down1836 bonified1840 forthgoing1851 unhypocritical1854 forthright1855 upstanding1863 on the level1872 genuine1890 for real1954 upfront1967 1657 F. Roberts Mysterium & Medulla Bibliorum iii. iv. 719 The Lord calls for whole-hearted, not half-hearted Obedience. 1837 Literary & Theol. Rev. Dec. 508 Their whole-hearted desire to promote the highest benefit of their race. 1855 E. B. Pusey Doctr. Real Presence Notes 366 The most perfect and whole-hearted repentance. 1901 Scotsman 14 Mar. 6/4 The whole-hearted support of British policy by the Canadians. 1989 J. Aiken Blackground i. 46 I enjoyed becoming the object of someone else's wholehearted, obsessive pursuit and admiration. 2013 D. K. Goodwin Bully Pulpit xxvi. 664 Roosevelt expressed wholehearted approval. Derivatives ˌwholeˈheartedly adv. in a completely committed or totally sincere manner. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > zeal or enthusiasm > [adverb] yernlyc725 yerneOE yernfullyOE earnestlyOE fastOE needlya1350 keenlya1375 prestlya1375 eagerlyc1380 busilya1400 earnestfullya1400 enkerly?a1400 entirelya1400 affectuously?a1425 affectuallyc1425 effectually1434 heartfullya1450 heartilya1450 increlyc1480 zealously?1495 affectionately1534 earnest1563 heart and soul1620 obnixiously1632 obnixely1641 earn1656 warmly1665 enthusiastically1730 con amore1749 ravingly1825 wholeheartedly1845 enthusiastly1846 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > sincerity, freedom from deceit > [adverb] utterly?c1225 entirelya1340 faithlyc1350 without (but) feigningc1380 clearly1389 whollyc1390 unfeigninglyc1400 entirec1430 unfeigneda1469 without coloura1513 honestly1526 singly1526 unfeignedly1526 uncolourably1541 bona fide1542 frankly?1553 sincerely1560 squarely1564 uprightly1565 square1577 single-mindedly1579 undissemblinglyc1585 above board1599 fair and square1604 downright1607 downrightly1632 really1641 uncasuistly1649 honest1654 up tro1654 plain-heartedly1675 unaffectedly1677 straightforwardly1839 wholeheartedly1845 unfallaciously1852 up and down1854 single-heartedly1857 unflatteringly1874 uncynically1895 square on1963 1845 Freeman's Jrnl. (Dublin) 1 Jan. That Carlton should write a book..whole-heartedly Irish, has long been wished for by every Irishman. 1893 in J. H. Barrows World's Parl. Relig. I. 534 Socially, we unite whole-heartedly and without reservation with our non-Jewish fellow-citizens. 1961 E. Wagenknecht Nathaniel Hawthorne iv. 124 Whittier..did not wholeheartedly support the Civil War. 2003 Bitch Summer 26/2 Because Charlene is presented from the start as a sponger.., the film doesn't let us believe wholeheartedly in her innocence. ˌwholeˈheartedness n. ΚΠ a1658 J. Durham Unsearchable Riches Christ (1685) 96 The lifelessness and whole heartedness, that manifestly discover themselves, in our own hearing of these things, declare much what we are. 1836 W. A. Alcott Life Peter Apostle xvii. 77 His whole-heartedness in returning to duty. 1882 F. W. Farrar Early Christianity II. iv. xxii. 43 A wavering disposition,..a want of whole-heartedness, a dualism of life and aim. 1969 Bull. Atomic Scientists Feb. 44/2 The reassertion of collectivist agriculture was not accepted with equal whole-heartedness by all the leaders. 2010 D. E. Miller J. S. Mill ix. 188 Some commentators call the wholeheartedness of Mill's endorsement of plural voting into question. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.a1628
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