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ˈheavy-ˈhearted, a.
1. Having a heavy heart; grieved, sad, melancholy.
c1400Cato's Mor. 235 in Cursor M. p. 1672 Heuy herted men and stille studious men. 1535Coverdale Neh. ii. 2 Thou art not sicke, that is not y⊇ matter, but thou art heuy harted. 1766Smollett Trav. I. v. (Jod.), I am a little heavy-hearted at the prospect. 1888Mrs. Oliphant Joyce I. xvi. 304 The old man..saw nothing as he jogged onward heavy-hearted.
2. Proceeding from or caused by a heavy heart; sad, doleful.
1562J. Heywood Prov. & Epigr. (1867) 151 Lyght purses Make heauy hartes, and heuy harted curses. a1656Hales Gold. Rem. (1688) 210 Sad and heavy-hearted thoughts. 1851H. Melville Whale xxii. 117 We gave three heavy-hearted cheers.
Hence heavy-ˈheartedness, sadness.
1860Pusey Min. Proph. 269 Deep was the sleep..not of heartlessness, but of heavy-heartedness. |