adj. & n.
--adj. (heartier, heartiest)
1. strong, vigorous.
2 spirited.
3 (of a meal or appetite) large.
4 warm, friendly.
--n.
1. a hearty person, esp. one ostentatiously so.
2 (usu. in pl.) (as a form of address) fellows, esp. fellow sailors.
Derivatives:
heartiness n.