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Healthy, robust, vigorous, and full of life, especially said of an elderly person.
"At eighty-five years old, he is still hale and hearty, walking three miles every morning."
"The doctors reported that she was completely hale and hearty."
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Multiple primary words begin with the consonant sound 'H', generating rhythmic oral cadence.
From Old English "hāl" (whole, healthy) paired with "hearty" (spirited, energetic), dating back to 16th-century English colloquial usage.
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