heartstruck
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]heartstruck (comparative more heartstruck, superlative most heartstruck)
- (archaic) Having profound emotional impact; driven into the mind.
- c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:
- His heart-strooeke iniuries
- Shocked with pain, fear, or remorse; dismayed.
- Synonym: heartstricken
- 1674, John Milton, “Book XI”, in Paradise Lost. […], 2nd edition, London: […] S[amuel] Simmons […], →OCLC, page 293, lines 263–265:
- He added not, for Adam at the newes / Heart-ſtrook, with chilling gripe of ſorrow ſtood, / That all his ſenſes bound [...]
References
[edit]- “heartstruck”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- Samuel Johnson (1755 April 15) “HEART-STRUCK”, in A Dictionary of the English Language: […], volumes I (A–K), London: […] W[illiam] Strahan, for J[ohn] and P[aul] Knapton; […], →OCLC: “HEART-STRUCK. adj. 1. Driven to the heart; infixed for ever in the mind. […] 2. Shocked with fear or dismay.”