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Heartsore

adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Heartsick.
Noun
  1. 1
    Heartache, misery, grief. countable, rare, uncountable

    "They remain as eye-sores, and, I might say, heartsores; for God knows there is misery enough within those wretched portals."

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

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