souled

[ sohld ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

having a specified kind of soul (used in combination):
His labors will be recognized as those of an ardent patriot, great advocate, and whole-souled statesman.
This is the tale of a young, innocent, pure-souled girl confronted with staggering tests of her inner strength.
having a soul:
Robotics raises many issues of the artificial, the human, and the boundaries between the souled and the nonsouled.

Origin of souled¹

First recorded in 1350–1400; soul ( def ) + -ed ³( def )

This is the ancient virtue of being big-hearted (literally, the large-souled person).

He led his men of “high-souled courage” in defense of freedom.

Mital Shah and publisher Well Souled put the beauty of South Africa in a luxe linen-bound monograph.

He felt, in his sensitive way, that the two sweet-souled Englishwomen had deepened and sanctified his love for Jean.

She was a strong-souled, high-spirited girl, but tonight hope seemed extinguished in her breast.

But Bud happened to be a simple-souled fellow, and there was something about Marie—He didn't know what it was.

He was angry and impatient with the "cavilling spirit of mediocrity," that takes pleasure in the lapses of "the mighty-souled."

And yet the latter days of this great-souled man were a woeful tragedy.

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