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broken-hearted (adj.)[broken-hearted 词源字典]: also brokenhearted, 1520s, from broken + hearted. Related: Broken-heartedly; broken-heartedness.[broken-hearted etymology, broken-hearted origin, 英语词源]
cold-hearted (adj.): c. 1600, from cold (adj.) + hearted. Originally in Shakespeare. Old English had cealdheort (adj.) "cruel."
down-hearted (adj.): also downhearted, 1774 (downheartedly is attested from 1650s), a figurative image from down (adv.) + hearted.
faint-hearted (adj.): "cowardly, timorous," c. 1400, from faint (adj.) + hearted. Related: Faint-heartedly; faint-heartedness; faint-heart.
great-hearted (adj.): "of noble courage," late 14c., from great (adj.) + hearted.
-hearted: figurative element in combinations, "at heart," also "having a heart" (of a specified kind), c. 1200, first attested in hard-hearted; see heart (n.). Related: -heartedly.
half-hearted (adj.): also halfhearted, "showing little enthusiasm," early 15c.; see half + hearted. Related: halfheartedly; halfheartedness. English in 17c. also had half-headed "stupid."
hard-hearted (adj.): also hardhearted, "obdurate, unfeeling," c. 1200, heard-iheorted," from hard (adj.) + hearted. Sometimes in Middle English also meaning "bold, courageous" (c. 1400). Related: Hard-heartedly; hard-heartedness. In late Old English and early Middle English, hard-heort meant both "hard-hearted" (adj.) and "hard-hearted person" (n.).
kind-hearted (adj.): also kindhearted, 1530s; see kind (adj.) + hearted. Related: Kindheartedly, kindheartedness.
light-hearted (adj.): also lighthearted, "cheerful," c. 1400, from light (adj.1) + hearted. Related: Light-heartedly; light-heartedness.
soft-hearted (adj.): also softhearted, 1590s, from soft (adj.) "tender" + hearted. Related: Soft-heartedly; soft-heartedness.
wholehearted (adj.): also whole-hearted, 1840, from whole (adj.) + hearted. Related: Wholeheartedly.
large-heartedness: "Magnanimity, generosity", Mid 17th century; earliest use found in Edward Reynolds (1599–1676), bishop of Norwich.