highhearted

See also: high-hearted

English

Etymology

From high +‎ hearted.

Adjective

highhearted (comparative more highhearted, superlative most highhearted)

1. Alternative form of high-hearted
   • 1918, James Joyce, Bahnhofstrasse:

     Highhearted youth comes not again Nor old heart's wisdom yet to know The signs that mock me as I go.

   • 2009, Caroline Atwater Mason, A Lily of France, →ISBN, page 121:

     The Queen of Navarre has, as I had heard full often, but now saw for myself, a highhearted courage.

   • 2010, Geoff Dyer, Working the Room: Essays and Reviews: 1999-2010, →ISBN:

     Some of them are highhearted signs of good cheer.