| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. Hard-hearted; unfeeling; cruel; as, an iron-hearted master.[Websters]
2. Being unfeeling, thick-skinned, insensible, insensitive or stony. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb iron-heartedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (iron-heartedly) | 1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective iron-hearted.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "IRON-HEARTED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
