high-heartedness

high-heartedness

See also: highheartedness

English

Etymology

high-hearted +‎ -ness

Noun

high-heartedness (uncountable)

1. Courage or nobility.
   • 2006, Temple Bailey, The Trumpeter Swan, →ISBN, page 169:

     It was the high-heartedness of people which had won the war. It would be the high-heartedness of men and women which would bring sanity and serenity to a troubled world.

2. Liveliness, passion, or vivacity.
   • 1980, John Wesley & ‎A. C. Outler, John Wesley, →ISBN, page 16:

     In the four months following his review of The Homilies, we have a detailed record of Wesley's unremitting diligence, his intermittent anxieties and only occasional moments of joy and high-heartedness.

   • 2013, Cynthia Voigt, Elske: A Novel of the Kingdom, →ISBN:

     “I do not know, unless it is for your charms and high-heartedness, which draw people to you.