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simple-hearted [sim-puh l-hahr-tid] ExamplesWord Origin adjective
- free of deceit; artless; sincere.
Origin of simple-hearted 1350–1400; Middle English symple herted Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for simple-hearted Historical Examples of simple-hearted
But they are simple-hearted and valiant servants of their Master.
Camps, Quarters and Casual Places
Archibald Forbes
The simple-hearted Roman populace could not contain themselves.
Hall Caine
To the mother, he is like a son, for she is simple-hearted and knows nothing of the world.
Anna Chapin Ray
I would from this hour be an honest, truth-speaking, simple-hearted creature.
Charles James Lever
With all his learning and his philosophic agnosticism, he was as simple-hearted as a child.
David Christie Murray
British Dictionary definitions for simple-hearted simple-hearted adjective
- free from deceit; open; frank; sincere
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