simple-hearted

See also: simplehearted

English

Alternative forms

• simplehearted

Etymology

From simple +‎ hearted.

Adjective

simple-hearted (comparative more simple-hearted, superlative most simple-hearted)

1. sincere
   • 1824 June, [Walter Scott], Redgauntlet, […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., →OCLC:

     He exhibited his client as a simple-hearted, honest, well-meaning man, who, during a copartnership of twelve years, had gradually become impoverished

   • 2015, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov, →ISBN:

     “My dear friend, above all things I want to behave like a gentleman and to be recognised as such,” the visitor began in an access of deprecating and simple-hearted pride, typical of a poor relation.

2. ingenuous; guileless

Derived terms

• simple-heartedly
• simple-heartedness

 

Translations

sincere, ingenuous, guileless — see also artless,‎ guileless,‎ ingenuous

• Belarusian: прастаду́шны (prastadúšny)
• Polish: prostoduszny (pl)
• Russian: простоду́шный (ru) (prostodúšnyj)
• Ukrainian: простоду́шний (prostodúšnyj)

References

• “simple-hearted”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.