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heartquake

noun

Etymology

From heart + quake.

  1. inherited from *kwakōną✻ — “to shake, quiver, tremble”
  2. inherited from cwacian — “to quake, tremble, chatter”
  3. inherited from quaken
  4. compounded as heartquake — “heart + quake”

Definitions

  1. Trembling of the heart or emotions

    Trembling of the heart or emotions; trepidation; fear.

    • in many an hour of danger and heart-quake

The neighborhood

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