true-hearted, a.
(ˈtruːˈhɑːtɪd)
Having a true heart; faithful, loyal; honest, sincere.
| 1471 Marg. Paston in P. Lett. III. 30 Remembyr ho[w] keynd and true hartyd he hath ben to us to hys powre. 1535 Coverdale Ps. xcvii. 11 A ioyfull gladnesse for soch as be true herted. 1608 Chapman Byron's Consp. ii. i, To be reputed a true harted subiect. 1760–72 H. Brooke Fool of Qual. (1809) III. 21 His downright and true-hearted kindness to me. 1855 Macaulay Hist. Eng. xviii. IV. 196 The son of one of the bravest and most truehearted of Scottish patriots. |
Hence ˌtrue-ˈheartedness.
| 1608 Hieron Wks. I. 694 Encrease..loyalty and true-heartednesse in his subiects. 1858 Lady Morgan Autobiog. (1859) 222 note, The same nobleness of soul,..the same single-mindedness, the same true-heartedness, were always present [in Ary-Scheffer]. |