See also: high-hearted

English edit

Etymology edit

high +‎ hearted

Adjective edit

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.