Meanings
adjectiveshallow-hearted (comparative more shallow-hearted, superlative most shallow-hearted)
comparative more shallow-hearted · superlative most shallow-hearted · alternative shallowhearted
- Frivolous, incapable of deep feeling.
What, what, ye sanguine, shallow-hearted boys!
c. 1588–1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Lamentable Tragedy of Titus Andronicus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene ii]
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