gentle-hearted

See also: gentlehearted

English

Alternative forms

• gentlehearted

Etymology

gentle +‎ hearted

Adjective

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

1. Kind and compassionate.
   • 2010, Barbara W. Olson, Gondar, Ethiopia, →ISBN, page 24:

     I am not sure how our "gentle-hearted" little girl will take the sight of the sheep's death, but when it happens she seems as matter-of-fact as the other two children.

2. Meek and mild.
   • 2010, William Henry Foote, Sketches of North Carolina, →ISBN, page 416:

     Were these that worshipped here more reverential of the dead? or more affectionate in attachments unsevered by the grave? or more abundant in resources to procure what gentle-hearted poverty might sigh for in vain, a monument, or tablet, or grave stone;

   • 2007, Murray Polner, Stefan Merken, Peace, Justice, and Jews: Reclaiming Our Tradition, →ISBN, page 254:

     The officials shall go on addressing the troops and say, "Is there anyone afraid or gentle-hearted? Let him go back to his home, lest he melt the heart of his brothers, like his heart!"

3. (archaic) Refined and cultivated, high-born
   • 1591, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, part 3,:

     And here's to right our gentle-hearted King!