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heartgrief

noun

Etymology

From heart + grief.

  1. derived from gravis
  2. derived from grief
  3. inherited from greef
  4. compounded as heartgrief — “heart + grief”

Definitions

  1. heartache

    heartache; sorrow

    • Although thir drudge, to be thir fool or jeſter, / And in my midſt of ſorrow and heart-grief / To ſhew them feats, and play before thir god, / The worſt of al indignities, yet on me / Joyn'd with extream contempt? [...]
    • It was a heartgrief to him to give up the young man, for he had reared him from the baptism water, and he had been a faithful servant unto him up to this day.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA