Heartwhole

/ˈhɑːthəʊl/ · adjective

Meaning

(now rare) Undismayed, not abashed or frightened; healthy..

Definitions by Sense

1. (now rare) Undismayed, not abashed or frightened; healthy.
2. Not in love; romantically unattached.
3. Wholehearted, sincere.

Example Sentences

#*:Nay nay saide sire Tristram / Dynadan / neuer drede the / for I am herte hole / & of this wounde I shal soone be hole by the mercy of god […].

[T]he subject of love being artfully introduced by the widow, who had been directed to sound his inclinations, he rallied the passion with great ease and severity, and made no scruple of declaring himself heart-whole.

She remained with her comrades till dusk, and participated with a certain zest in the dancing; though, being heart-whole as yet, she enjoyed treading a measure purely for its own sake; little divining when she saw "the soft torments, the bitter sweets, the pleasing pains, and the agreeable distresses" of those girls who had been wooed and won, what she herself was capable of in that kind.

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• more heartwhole
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