heartbreakern.

Brit.

/ˈhɑːtˌbreɪkə/, U.S.

/ˈhɑrtˌbreɪkər/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: heart n., breaker n.¹

Etymology: < heart n. + breaker n.¹ With senses 2, 3, and 4 compare break v. 7c, to break a person's heart at heart n., int., and adv. Phrases 3a(a), and earlier heartbreaking adj. Compare also French crève-cœur person who or thing which breaks the heart, person who experiences heartbreak (13th cent. in Old French; 1690, in an English text, in sense 2).

†1. A person (esp. God or Christ) who opens the heart to spiritual feelings. Only as contrasted with heart-maker (see heart maker n. at heart n., int., and adv. Compounds 3a). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > [noun] > according to other attributes

horn of salvation (health)c825

fatherOE

Our FatherOE

leecha1200

searcher of (men's) heartsa1382

untempter1382

headstone of the cornerc1400

Valentinec1450

illuminator1485

sun?1521

righteous maker1535

shepherd1535

verity1535

strengthener1567

gracer1592

heart-searcher1618

heartbreaker1642

sustainera1680

philanthropist1730

the invisible1781

praise1782

All-Father1814

wisdom1855

omniscient1856

engracer1866

inbreather1873

God of the gaps1933

the great —— in the sky1968

1642 E. Calamy Englands Looking-glasse 38 Let us pray to the great heart-maker, that hee would be the heart-breaker.

1663 W. Dyer Christ's Famous Titles 84 Heart-work is God's work: the great heart-maker, must be the great heart-breaker; none can do it but he.

2. A (typically artificial) ringlet or curl in a woman's hair, arranged or worn as an ornament (usually in plural); a woman's lovelock. Now literary and historical.In quots. 1663 and 1943 used disparagingly of Samson's long hair.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > hair > hair of head > curl > [noun]

feak1548

lovelock1592

crisple1594

curl1604

cockle1608

crisp1638

ringlet1645

cockera1653

heartbreaker1654

moustache1662

confidenta1685

cruchea1685

passagerea1685

favourite1690

wimpler1724

cannon1774

whisker1786

favori1801

curlet1803

tendril1814

sausage curl1828

spit-curl1831

crimp1855

curdle1860

number sices1861

whiskerette1880

the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > practice of wearing artificial hair > [noun] > artificial hair

chevelure1470

heartbreaker1654

wig1675

tête1756

wiggery1775

transformation1901

1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot iii. viii. 121 Gloves, Handkerchieffs, Heart-breakers, Ribbands, Fillits, Fancies, Pictures.

1663 S. Butler Hudibras: First Pt. i. i. 19 Like Sampson's Heart-breakers, it grew In time to make a nation rue.

1682 T. D'Urfey Butler's Ghost i. 46 First, off with that superfluous Hair, And in its stead Heart-breakers wear.

1769 J. Granger Biogr. Hist. Eng. II. ii. 471 The ladies hair was curled and frizled with the nicest art, and they frequently set it off with heartbreakers.

1785 W. Crakelt Entick's New Spelling Dict. (rev. ed.) Heartbreaker, a woman's curls or ringlets.

1840 G. L. Craik & C. MacFarlane Pict. Hist. Eng. III. vii. vi. 633/1 The quantity of heart-breakers that required to be scented and curled.

1874 A. Wynter Peeps into Human Hive II. 251 Another charmer passes by with an auburn ‘heart-breaker’ coquettishly thrown over her shoulder that does not quite match her own tresses.

1903 A. M. Earle Two Cent. Costume Amer. II. xix. 508 These heart-breakers were sometimes wired that they might flutter alluringly..like butterfly wings.

1943 R. Graves Story Marie Powell xxiii. 317 Did you fear that I was come to cut off your heartbreakers and so annul your holy masculine virtue?

2007 C. Clark Nature of Monsters xxiii. 196 I spent hours with curling papers and rags to create heartbreakers, the two small curls at the nape of the neck that were supposed to set men's pulses racing.

3. A person who breaks hearts; (also) a physically attractive person (esp. a woman) who has many admirers.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > mental anguish or torment > broken-heartedness > [noun] > one who breaks the heart

heartbreaker1674

heartbreak1694

1674 ‘Mr. C.’ Bristol Drollery 12 You then Heart-robbers, and Heart-breakers are.

1697 T. D'Urfey Intrigues at Versailles v. i. 54 'Tis your new Mistress, the heart breaker Vandosme.

1742 R. North & M. North Life F. North 265 He had told a fine Lady that he had known her a Heart-breaker for above twenty Years.

1790 New Spain iii. v. 59 I have a great mind to..rid the world of such an heart-breaker.

1827 N.Y. Mirror 10 Feb. 230/2 This infidel in love,..this heart-breaker, was himself to feel the anguish he had inflicted upon others.

1863 Notes & Queries 3rd Ser. 4 301 We don't refer to the ball-room butterfly..but to the regular professional heart-breaker.

1920 H. L. Smith Agatha's Aunt ix. 138 If I ever became such a heart-breaker that I had a batch of proposals,..I'd take as long as I could to make up my mind.

1994 P. Simons Tully (1995) ii. 8 My, aren't you growing up, your hair looks so lovely, you gonna be such a heartbreaker!

2011 J. Charbonneau Skating over Line xxi. 252 Your father is a heartbreaker. Always knows just what a girl wants to hear.

4. Something that causes sorrow, anguish, or despair; an extremely disappointing or upsetting event or circumstance.

ΚΠ

1805 A. Holmes Amer. Ann. I. 451 M. de la Sale..had..built a fort on the river Illinois, and called it Crevecœur. [Note] ‘Heart breaker’, on account of troubles he met with there.

1837 W. E. Burton Burton's Comic Songster 301 I'll try what the lawyers can do; For she's broken her promise, and broken my heart, And the law is a heartbreaker, too.

1874 Sunday Mag. 108/2 You'd know what a heart-breaker it must be to have to pay for things that have been stolen.

1943 Billboard 14 Aug. 64/1 Your cowboy music trade likes the sad ones best—and ‘Why do I dream such Dreams?’ is a heart-breaker.

1973 Alton (Iowa) Democrat 14 Feb. 14/3 The second game was a real heartbreaker with the Dutch gals losing in overtime by a 30 to 28 encounter.

2008 P. Sampras Champion's Mind viii. 206 I..lost a heartbreaker of a semifinal (in a third-set tiebreaker).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	heartbreaker
释义	heartbreakern. Brit. /ˈhɑːtˌbreɪkə/, U.S. /ˈhɑrtˌbreɪkər/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: heart n., breaker n.¹ Etymology: < heart n. + breaker n.¹ With senses 2, 3, and 4 compare break v. 7c, to break a person's heart at heart n., int., and adv. Phrases 3a(a), and earlier heartbreaking adj. Compare also French crève-cœur person who or thing which breaks the heart, person who experiences heartbreak (13th cent. in Old French; 1690, in an English text, in sense 2). †1. A person (esp. God or Christ) who opens the heart to spiritual feelings. Only as contrasted with heart-maker (see heart maker n. at heart n., int., and adv. Compounds 3a). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > [noun] > according to other attributes horn of salvation (health)c825 fatherOE Our FatherOE leecha1200 searcher of (men's) heartsa1382 untempter1382 headstone of the cornerc1400 Valentinec1450 illuminator1485 sun?1521 righteous maker1535 shepherd1535 verity1535 strengthener1567 gracer1592 heart-searcher1618 heartbreaker1642 sustainera1680 philanthropist1730 the invisible1781 praise1782 All-Father1814 wisdom1855 omniscient1856 engracer1866 inbreather1873 God of the gaps1933 the great —— in the sky1968 1642 E. Calamy Englands Looking-glasse 38 Let us pray to the great heart-maker, that hee would be the heart-breaker. 1663 W. Dyer Christ's Famous Titles 84 Heart-work is God's work: the great heart-maker, must be the great heart-breaker; none can do it but he. 2. A (typically artificial) ringlet or curl in a woman's hair, arranged or worn as an ornament (usually in plural); a woman's lovelock. Now literary and historical.In quots. 1663 and 1943 used disparagingly of Samson's long hair. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > hair > hair of head > curl > [noun] feak1548 lovelock1592 crisple1594 curl1604 cockle1608 crisp1638 ringlet1645 cockera1653 heartbreaker1654 moustache1662 confidenta1685 cruchea1685 passagerea1685 favourite1690 wimpler1724 cannon1774 whisker1786 favori1801 curlet1803 tendril1814 sausage curl1828 spit-curl1831 crimp1855 curdle1860 number sices1861 whiskerette1880 the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > practice of wearing artificial hair > [noun] > artificial hair chevelure1470 heartbreaker1654 wig1675 tête1756 wiggery1775 transformation1901 1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot iii. viii. 121 Gloves, Handkerchieffs, Heart-breakers, Ribbands, Fillits, Fancies, Pictures. 1663 S. Butler Hudibras: First Pt. i. i. 19 Like Sampson's Heart-breakers, it grew In time to make a nation rue. 1682 T. D'Urfey Butler's Ghost i. 46 First, off with that superfluous Hair, And in its stead Heart-breakers wear. 1769 J. Granger Biogr. Hist. Eng. II. ii. 471 The ladies hair was curled and frizled with the nicest art, and they frequently set it off with heartbreakers. 1785 W. Crakelt Entick's New Spelling Dict. (rev. ed.) Heartbreaker, a woman's curls or ringlets. 1840 G. L. Craik & C. MacFarlane Pict. Hist. Eng. III. vii. vi. 633/1 The quantity of heart-breakers that required to be scented and curled. 1874 A. Wynter Peeps into Human Hive II. 251 Another charmer passes by with an auburn ‘heart-breaker’ coquettishly thrown over her shoulder that does not quite match her own tresses. 1903 A. M. Earle Two Cent. Costume Amer. II. xix. 508 These heart-breakers were sometimes wired that they might flutter alluringly..like butterfly wings. 1943 R. Graves Story Marie Powell xxiii. 317 Did you fear that I was come to cut off your heartbreakers and so annul your holy masculine virtue? 2007 C. Clark Nature of Monsters xxiii. 196 I spent hours with curling papers and rags to create heartbreakers, the two small curls at the nape of the neck that were supposed to set men's pulses racing. 3. A person who breaks hearts; (also) a physically attractive person (esp. a woman) who has many admirers. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > mental anguish or torment > broken-heartedness > [noun] > one who breaks the heart heartbreaker1674 heartbreak1694 1674 ‘Mr. C.’ Bristol Drollery 12 You then Heart-robbers, and Heart-breakers are. 1697 T. D'Urfey Intrigues at Versailles v. i. 54 'Tis your new Mistress, the heart breaker Vandosme. 1742 R. North & M. North Life F. North 265 He had told a fine Lady that he had known her a Heart-breaker for above twenty Years. 1790 New Spain iii. v. 59 I have a great mind to..rid the world of such an heart-breaker. 1827 N.Y. Mirror 10 Feb. 230/2 This infidel in love,..this heart-breaker, was himself to feel the anguish he had inflicted upon others. 1863 Notes & Queries 3rd Ser. 4 301 We don't refer to the ball-room butterfly..but to the regular professional heart-breaker. 1920 H. L. Smith Agatha's Aunt ix. 138 If I ever became such a heart-breaker that I had a batch of proposals,..I'd take as long as I could to make up my mind. 1994 P. Simons Tully (1995) ii. 8 My, aren't you growing up, your hair looks so lovely, you gonna be such a heartbreaker! 2011 J. Charbonneau Skating over Line xxi. 252 Your father is a heartbreaker. Always knows just what a girl wants to hear. 4. Something that causes sorrow, anguish, or despair; an extremely disappointing or upsetting event or circumstance. ΚΠ 1805 A. Holmes Amer. Ann. I. 451 M. de la Sale..had..built a fort on the river Illinois, and called it Crevecœur. [Note] ‘Heart breaker’, on account of troubles he met with there. 1837 W. E. Burton Burton's Comic Songster 301 I'll try what the lawyers can do; For she's broken her promise, and broken my heart, And the law is a heartbreaker, too. 1874 Sunday Mag. 108/2 You'd know what a heart-breaker it must be to have to pay for things that have been stolen. 1943 Billboard 14 Aug. 64/1 Your cowboy music trade likes the sad ones best—and ‘Why do I dream such Dreams?’ is a heart-breaker. 1973 Alton (Iowa) Democrat 14 Feb. 14/3 The second game was a real heartbreaker with the Dutch gals losing in overtime by a 30 to 28 encounter. 2008 P. Sampras Champion's Mind viii. 206 I..lost a heartbreaker of a semifinal (in a third-set tiebreaker). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1642
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