tender-hearted（adj.）
"having great susceptibility to the softer passions," 1530s, from tender (adj.) + -hearted. The image is older, wymmen of tendre heorte is by late 13c.
Compare tenderfoot, also tender-eyed, 1530s as "weak-eyed, dim-sighted;" 1610s in the figurative sense of "affectionate, gentle;" also tender-eared "sensitive to blame or criticism" (1520s). Tender-minded "sensitive, idealistic" is from c. 1600.
该词起源时间：1530年代