hale and heartiness

noun

The state or quality of being hale and hearty.

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Meanings

nounhale and heartiness (uncountable)

alternative hale-and-heartiness

  1. uncountableThe state or quality of being hale and hearty.

    As for his own relative hale and heartiness, he attributed it to drinking a bottle of beer per night; ‘all the beer drinkers seem to be keeping pretty fit’.

    2016, John Lewis-Stempel, Where Poppies Blow, Weidenfeld & Nicolson

Origin

From hale and hearty + -ness.

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hale and heartiness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hale%20and%20heartiness

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“hale and heartiness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hale%20and%20heartiness. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hale and heartiness,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hale%20and%20heartiness.

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