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

Arthur, whose affection for his stormy souled brother had lasted strong through the years, had at last prevailed upon Wayne to "come home" and to go to work for him.

From The Short Cut by Frank Tenney Johnson

At the White Mountains, many grand and beautiful views have been spoiled by these nostrum and bedbug souled fellows.

From The Humbugs of the World An Account of Humbugs, Delusions, Impositions, Quackeries, Deceits and Deceivers Generally, in All Ages by P. T. (Phineas Taylor) Barnum

Those high souled persons that transcend both righteousness and sin, attain, it is said, to that place which is eternal, immutable, undecaying, and immortal.

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

Large hearted, liberal minded, whole souled in his devotion to his art and its true interests, Franz Liszt seemed wholly without personal jealousies, and befriended and brought into public notice a large number of artists.

From For Every Music Lover A Series of Practical Essays on Music by Aubertine Woodward Moore

Roland, the famous Girondist minister, a man of marked abilities and incorruptible integrity, married the gifted and high souled Jeanne Philippon a short time before the outbreak of the French Revolution.

From The Friendships of Women by William Rounseville Alger