Disposition, temperament, character. Frequently with preceding modifying adjective (as kind, merry, etc.). Cf. hard-hearted, adj., kind-hearted, adj.…

In Old English: ? State, condition. Hence (in Middle English), disposition, temper.

A prevailing but temporary state of mind or feeling; a person's humour, temper, or disposition at a particular time (later also applied to a crowd…

Inclination, disposition, character. Cf. mind, n.1 13a. rare.

A person's natural disposition or temperament. Cf. kind, n. 1c.

A trait, characteristic, attribute, or quality; a person's natural disposition or character; (in plural) a person's customary or habitual behaviour.

Disposition, nature; manners.

Nature, character; form or shape; likeness.

The natural disposition, character, or temperament of a person or animal; innate character; nature. Also in extended use of things. See also…

A trait or characteristic; a person's natural disposition or character. Cf. cost, n.2 3.

The heart as the seat of feeling, thought, etc.; spirit, mind, disposition, nature. Obsolete.

The case or state of affairs with regard to some matter; the nature, character, or disposition of someone or something. In later use only in the mann…

Character, disposition, nature. Obsolete.

Disposition or state of mind or character.

Temperament, natural constitution.

Constitution or habit of mind, disposition, temperament; ‘nature’. Obsolete (except as figurative of 4).

Natural tendency or bent of the mind, esp. in relation to moral or social qualities; mental constitution or temperament; turn of mind.

An attribute, characteristic, or quality. In earlier use sometimes: a distinctive, essential, or special quality; a peculiarity. Of a thing.

The innate or characteristic disposition of a particular person, animal, etc. In recent use frequently in one's better nature: the better side of…

figurative. Character, temper. Obsolete.

The overall or innate disposition of a person or animal; nature, character. Obsolete.

A person's human nature. Obsolete. rare.

Particular or individual character, nature, or disposition; individuality, essence, idiosyncrasy; (also occasionally) properly characteristic…

Manner of being or existing; constitution; inherent or essential character; mental or moral constitution, disposition; usual or characteristic…

Mental or moral character; = make, n.2 2. Obsolete.

Mental disposition, cast of mind; character, moral nature; disposition, temper. Obsolete.

The way in which a person is mentally or morally constituted; the sum of the mental and moral qualities; mental constitution, disposition, character.

Emotional state or disposition; frame of mind. Obsolete.

More generally: a disposition, temper; a natural tendency. Obsolete.

Mind, intellect, mental faculties; mental tendency, disposition.

Natural disposition, temperament. Obsolete.

With various adjectives (e.g. bold, high, proud, malicious) or other qualifying words. (The combination of adjective and noun is sometimes…

Inclination, tendency, or way of thinking and feeling; (also, with modifying adjective) a specified kind of character, disposition, spirit, or…

Natural disposition, temperament. Obsolete.

State of mind generally, mental tendency or disposition. Also: an instance of this. Obsolete.

A particular character trait or predisposition; (also) a person's overall character or disposition.

Usual or permanent mental disposition; constitutional or habitual tendency; temperament. Now rare.

Natural disposition, inclination, or character. Obsolete.

A personal quality; disposition. Obsolete.

Disposition, frame of mind. Obsolete. rare.

A mental or emotional disposition or state (more explicitly, frame of spirit, soul, etc.); in later use… A natural or habitual disposition, temper…

Constitutional bent of mind; disposition; = temperament, n. 7. Obsolete.

A person's characteristic disposition; natural inclination; temperament. Obsolete.

esp. Mental inclination or tendency; disposition; propensity, bias. The usual modern sense.

spec. Nature, character, or condition of mind; mind, disposition, temperament, temper.

Of persons. Mental constitution, or constitution of mind and body combined; the combination of personal qualities that make any one what he is…

The sum of the moral and mental qualities which distinguish an individual or a people, viewed as a homogeneous whole; a person's or group's…

figurative. Frame of mind, temper, mood, disposition, humour: cf. tone, n. 8.

The determining or distinctive quality of a person or thing; condition, character, nature. Obsolete.

Infused temperament; character imparted by nature. Obsolete. rare. Cf. infusionism, n.

In plural. A person's nature, character, or temperament. Cf. sense 17a. Obsolete. rare.

Mental constitution or inclination; frame of mind; = disposition, n. 6. Obsolete.

Personality; identity; essence.

Turn of mind; = disposition, n. 6. Obsolete.

Composition, constitution, or construction, esp. as to its mode. Personal constitution, temperament. Obsolete.

As a mass noun. Natural or inherited disposition. Obsolete. rare.

Mental constitution; habitual disposition; = temperament, n. 7.

The blending or combination of elements, ‘humours’, or qualities, in the animal body, in herbs, etc. As a permanent characteristic: Composition…

Disposition, turn of mind. Obsolete. rare.

figurative (from senses 14 15). Quality, nature, temper; inclination, tendency.

Natural inclination, disposition, bent; aptitude, capacity for something. Usually followed by for (formerly also †to), or with specifying adjective…

= complexion, n. 2 3 7.

A person's characteristic disposition or inclination; (also) a great natural aptitude or ability. Cf. genius, n. 6 7. Now rare.

Mental or moral constitution, disposition, or character. Obsolete.

The quality or collection of qualities which makes a person a distinctive individual; the distinctive personal or individual character of a person…

A state or temper of mind; mood, disposition.

figurative. The direction in which a person's thoughts or opinions are inclined, or towards which the argument of a text, discourse, etc., leans…

Disposition, temperament; = kidney, n. 2a. Obsolete. rare.

The manner in which something is made up, put together, or composed; composition, constitution; (sometimes) spec. the character or temperament of a…

Constitution or habit of mind, esp. as depending upon or connected with physical constitution; natural disposition; = temper, n. 9.

A person's inborn or basic condition or character. Obsolete.

One's personality; the character or interests which make a person a distinctive individual.

A person's nature (as shown in characteristic behaviour).

Innate character or disposition. Cf. natural, adj. 2c.

The way in which something is set in relation to other things; (figurative) the inherent disposition or character of something.

collective. figurative.

the aggregate of the various traits in a person's character, seen as forming a system.

Mental character or disposition; the characteristic attitude of mind or way of thinking of a person, social group, etc. Frequently with modifying…

An established set of attitudes, esp. regarded as typical of a particular group's social or cultural values; the outlook, philosophy, or values of…

Originally Psychology. The whole conscious and unconscious mind, esp. when viewed as deciding or determining motivation, emotional response, and…

as nominal relative. In colloquial phr. where it's (he's, she's) at: the true or essential nature of a situation (or person); the true state of…