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heart-ache|ˈhɑːteɪk|
[f. heart n. + ache.]
1. Pain in the heart; formerly = heartburn 2.
c1000Sax. Leechd. I. 192 Wið heort ece, ᵹenim þysse ylcan wyrte. 1685Cooke's Marrow Chirurg., Physic ii. v. 526 Heart-ach Fever is caused by the Pancreatick Juice getting a corroding quality.
2. Pain or anguish of mind, esp. that arising from disappointed hope or affection.
1602Shakes. Ham. iii. i. 62 The Heart-ake, and the thousand Naturall shockes That Flesh is heyre too. 1749Fielding Tom Jones v. vi, Many bitter heart-achs, that Fortune seems to have in store for me. 1875J. H. Bennet Winter Medit. ii. xi. (ed. 5) 373 The anxieties and heartaches that are inseparable from our arduous career.
So ˈheart-aching vbl. n. = heart-ache; ˈheart-aching ppl. a., causing heart-ache, distressing.
1650T. Hubbert Pill Formality 227 Many a groan, many a sigh, and heart-aking. 1703Rowe Ulyss. iv. i. 1751 If ever maid was yet belov'd..With such Heart-aking, eager, anxious Fondness. 1882W. Ballantine Exper. xxiii. 229 The heart-aching that is concealed within the glare and tinsel exposed to the audience. |