heart-scald
/ˈhɑːtskɔːld/originally and chiefly Scottish, Irish English, and English regional (northern )
noun
1Originally: a feeling of disgust or aversion. Later: a feeling of bitter disappointment or sorrow; a cause of this.
2Now Orkney and Shetland. = heartburn.
Origin
Early 17th century; earliest use found in Zachary Boyd (1585–1653), Church of Scotland minister and university administrator. From heart + scald.
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