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heartsore

adj

Etymology

From heart + sore. Compare Saterland Frisian Haatseer (“heartache”), West Frisian hertsear (“heartache”), Dutch hartzeer (“heartache”), German Low German Hartsehr (“heartache”).

  1. inherited from *seh₂iro-✻
  2. inherited from *sairaz✻
  3. inherited from *sair✻
  4. inherited from sār
  5. inherited from sor
  6. compounded as heartsore — “heart + sore”

Definitions

  1. Heartsick.

  2. Heartache, misery, grief.

    • They remain as eye-sores, and, I might say, heartsores; for God knows there is misery enough within those wretched portals.
    • The witness says: That is true, I did say that through heartsore, because my Master beat the child, although it was not so much, and it is true that when I was so angry Master and Mistress prevented me.

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