souled

American  

[sohld] / soʊld /

adjective

1. 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.

2. having a soul.

   Robotics raises many issues of the artificial, the human, and the boundaries between the souled and the nonsouled.

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Other Word Forms

• nonsouled
  adjective
• unsouled
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of souled

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

Example Sentences

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souled

Against the glamour of his chief's personality he had nothing to put forward except a whole souled worship, and Elsie, it appeared, preferred the invitation of the older man's romantic career.

From The Rapids by Sullivan, Alan

There never was a greater souled or doughtier tailor than little Neal Malone.

From Phelim Otoole's Courtship and Other Stories Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three by Carleton, William

Then the good priests with utmost care, In form that Scripture's rules declare, For the third time pure water shed On high souled Daśaratha's head.

From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Griffith, Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin)

Upon the disappearance of Righteousness, a third form, O monarch, blazing with splendour, issued out of the body of the high souled Prahlada.

From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 by Ganguli, Kisari Mohan

He was one of those large souled creatures with a hunger for unlimited advice, upon which he never acted.

From The Strength of Gideon and Other Stories by Dunbar, Paul Laurence