hearted

English

Etymology

From Middle English herted, hertid; equivalent to heart + -ed.

Verb

hearted

  1. simple past and past participle of heart

Adjective

hearted (not comparable)

  1. (in combination) Having a specified kind or number of heart.
    a hard-hearted woman
    • 2001, Kumuda Reddy, Linda Egenes, Margaret Mullins, For a Blissful Baby:
      It is said that she is "two-hearted," which means that she now has to nourish and fulfill the desires of both her baby and herself.
  2. Seated or fixed in the heart. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

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