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单词 heartstricken
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heartstrickenadj.

Brit. /ˈhɑːtstrɪk(ə)n/, U.S. /ˈhɑrtˌstrɪk(ə)n/
Forms: see heart n. and stricken adj.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: heart n., stricken adj.
Etymology: < heart n. + stricken adj. Compare heart-strike v., heartstruck adj.
Stricken to the heart; affected with strong emotion, typically mental anguish, dismay, or love. Also: relating to or characterized by such emotion. Cf. heartstruck adj. 2.
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the mind > emotion > intense emotion > [adjective] > deeply affected
queasy-stomached1579
heartstrickena1626
heart-scalded1828
a1626 L. Andrewes XCVI Serm. (1629) 867 He looked like one heart-striken, that, if it had been now to doe, would not have done that, neither.
1764 ‘C. Morell’ Tales Genii II. 16 Who art thou..that fliest like the Roebuck, and tremblest like the Heart-stricken Antelope?
1792 S. Gunning Anecd. Delborough Family III. xxxiv. 87 The heart stricken Marquis..was now at the feet of his adored mistress.
1837 N. Hawthorne Twice-told Tales (1851) I. iii. 44 Cruel! cruel! groaned the heart-stricken bride.
1871 A. C. Swinburne Songs before Sunrise 54 In that heart-stricken grief-ridden time.
1901 W. Schuyler Ambassador of Christ xii. 214 The bereaved and heart-stricken loved ones who were left behind.
1953 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang (1954) §353/10 In love, bitten,..heart-stricken,..smitten.
2008 J. D. Wert Cavalryman Lost Cause (2009) ix. 182 Little Flora Stuart died of typhoid fever... When her father learned of it, he wrote a letter to her heartstricken mother.

Derivatives

ˈheartstrickenly adv. rare
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1846 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. in Wks. I. 571/2 (note) So heart-strickenly and desperately was I ashamed.
1992 H. Halkin tr. A. B. Yehoshua Mr. Mani v. 330 I had developed the habit of waking up in the middle of the night and going to see if he was in his bed yet, and of becoming frantically, heartstrickenly worried if he was not.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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