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Definition of Heartstrings
1. Noun. Your deepest feelings of love and compassion. "Many adoption cases tug at the heartstrings"
Definition of Heartstrings
1. Noun. (obsolete anatomy) The tendons once thought to brace the heart. (defdate 15th-19th c.) ¹
2. Noun. (figuratively) One's deepest emotions or inner feelings. (defdate from 16th c.) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Heartstrings
1. heartstring [n] - See also: heartstring
Lexicographical Neighbors of Heartstrings
Literary usage of Heartstrings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Things of Beauty Set with Gems of Verse: "a Thing of Beauty is a Joy for Ever." by Carroll & Hutchinson (New York, N.Y.). (1853)
"e heartstrings Broken. I KNEW her when she was a little child, And there was
something in her infancy So redolent of joy, that when she smiled, ..."
2. Eliza Cook's journal by Eliza Cook (1853)
"THE heartstrings BROKEN. I KNEW her when she was a little ... Long may that sweet
faee show no token Of disappointed hopes, and heartstrings broken. ..."
3. Literary Leaders of America: A Class-book on American Literature by Richard Burton (1904)
"... the thought of this Israfel mentioned in the Koran as having heartstrings for
a lute, appealed with the sure appeal of a kindred soul. ..."
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