stronghearted
See also: strong-hearted
English
Alternative forms
- strong-hearted
Etymology
From Middle English strong-herted, strong-hertyd, equivalent to strong + hearted. Compare German starkherzig (“strong-hearted”), Swedish stark hjärtat (“strong-hearted”).
Adjective
stronghearted (comparative more stronghearted, superlative most stronghearted)
- Resilient, enduring.
- 2012, Christopher Amatobi, Many Moons Ago in Africa, →ISBN, page 389:
- To lose two sons in one day was indeed overwhelming and could crack any stronghearted man.
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- Brave, courageous.
- 1997, Jean Paul de Lagrave, Voltaire's Man in America, →ISBN, page 330:
- It is according to the same principles that tyrants declare an irreconcilable hatred for Truth and endeavour to crush those who are stronghearted enough to announce it.
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Derived terms
- strongheartedness