HEARTY


Meaning of HEARTY in English

I. ˈhär]d.ē, ˈhȧ], ]tē, -i\ adjective

( -er/-est )

Etymology: Middle English herty, from hert heart + -y

1.

a. : giving unqualified support : unreservedly loyal : thoroughgoing , enthusiastic

a hearty Federalist — F.J.Klingberg

a hearty assumer of its full share of … responsibilities — F.S.C.Northrop

my hearty concurrence in everything you've done — T.B.Costain

b.

(1) : exuberantly or unreservedly cordial or genial : not reserved or ceremonious in manner : jovial

had a bluff and hearty bearing, but he was a rogue — Ross Annett

being a shade too hearty about it — Angus Mowat

a wonderful hearty manner with a boy — G.D.Brown

(2) : giving exuberant or unrestrained expression to one's feelings

a hearty burst of laughter greeted his arrival

a string of hearty curses

(3) : approving

no one but a Chancery lawyer had a hearty word for the Chancery — F.W.Maitland

some colleagues are distinctly less hearty about the General — Hal Lehrman

2.

a. : exhibiting vigorous good health

the mate was as hearty as a young lion — Herman Melville

is my friend hearty , now I am thin and pine — A.E.Housman

b.

(1) : having a good appetite : consuming abundantly or with gusto

a hearty eater

a hearty drinker

(2) : abundant , ample

ate a hearty meal

took a hearty swig

c.

(1) : richly nutritious

almost a meal in itself, with 15 tender vegetables in hearty beef stock — Better Homes & Gardens

(2) : flavorful , full-bodied

has a hearty flavor that is much livelier than our refined … variety — Silas Spitzer

a hearty wine with a full bouquet

3. : vigorous or violent in manner or degree : vehement

the breeze … was heartier … than before — Llewellyn Howland

hooked a root and gave a hearty pull — C.S.Forester

then came the rain in a hearty flood — John Muir †1914

the wind had combed up some quite hearty waves — R.A.W.Hughes

without any provocation at all give him a hearty kick — H.A.Chippendale

4. chiefly Britain : capable of bearing crops : fertile

thistles so growing … signifieth the land to be hearty — Thomas Tusser

Synonyms: see sincere

II. noun

( -es )

1.

a. : a bold brave fellow : comrade — used especially in addressing sailors

heave-ho, my hearties

b. : sailor

the albatross mocked by the hearties — Stephen Spender

2. chiefly Britain : an individual of exuberant outgoing disposition or of athletic nonaesthetic tastes

a Matisse reproduction could cause one's rooms to be wrecked … by rugger hearties — Jocelyn Brooke

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.