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highhearted

A form of high-hearted — Full of courage or nobleness; heroic.

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Meanings

adjectivehighhearted (comparative more highhearted, superlative most highhearted)

comparative more highhearted · superlative most highhearted

alternativeAlternative form of high-hearted.
Some of them are highhearted signs of good cheer.
2010, Geoff Dyer, Working the Room: Essays and Reviews: 1999-2010, →ISBN
2 more examples
Highhearted youth comes not again Nor old heart's wisdom yet to know The signs that mock me as I go.
1918, James Joyce, Bahnhofstrasse
The Queen of Navarre has, as I had heard full often, but now saw for myself, a highhearted courage.
2009, Caroline Atwater Mason, A Lily of France, →ISBN, page 121

Origin

From high + hearted.

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Cite this entry

APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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