English
hardhanded
From hard + handed, from the firmness of a strike with the hand or the hardness of calluses on a laborer's hands.
Proto-Germanic *harduz
Proto-West Germanic *hard(ī)
Old English heard ‘hard’
Middle English hard
English hard
Today it means
adj Forceful, excessive, draconian, or abusive.
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Etymograph / hardhanded