goodhearted

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From Middle English gode herted; equivalent to good +‎ hearted.

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goodhearted (comparative more goodhearted, superlative most goodhearted)

  1. kind, generous and altruistic
    • 1921, Anthony Wharton, chapter 3, in Joan of Overbarrow[1], pages 45–46:
      She saw that Velvin, if a stubborn man, was a very simple and very goodhearted one, and she prided herself on her skill in sweetly reasonable persuasion of the lower classes.

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