Lonely-heartedness

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The quality of being lonely-hearted. uncountable

    "I tried to believe that tenderness of affection was incompatible with strength of intellect, and that my lonely-heartedness was only the price which I paid for my genius."

Example

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"I tried to believe that tenderness of affection was incompatible with strength of intellect, and that my lonely-heartedness was only the price which I paid for my genius."

Etymology

From lonely-hearted + -ness.

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