false-heartedness

A form of falseheartedness — The quality of being falsehearted.

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Meanings

nounfalse-heartedness (uncountable)
  1. alternativeuncountableAlternative form of falseheartedness.

    Mankind have not, in their estimate of Elizabeth's character, condemned so decidedly the substantial acts which she performed, as the duplicity, the false-heartedness, and the false pretensions which she manifested in performing them.

    2009, Jacob Abbott, History of Elizabeth, Queen of England, →ISBN, page 192

Origin

From false-hearted + -ness.

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APA

false-heartedness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/false-heartedness

MLA

“false-heartedness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/false-heartedness. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “false-heartedness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/false-heartedness.

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