heartgrief

English

Etymology

heart +‎ grief

Noun

heartgrief (uncountable)

1. heartache; sorrow
   • 1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, […].”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, pages 79–80, lines 1349–1353:

     Although thir drudge, to be thir fool or jeſter, / And in my midſt of ſorrow and heart-grief / To ſhew them feats, and play before thir god, / The worſt of al indignities, yet on me / Joyn'd with extream contempt? [...]

   • 2021, Wilhelm Meinhold, Sidonia, the Sorceress:

     It was a heartgrief to him to give up the young man, for he had reared him from the baptism water, and he had been a faithful servant unto him up to this day.

References

• “heartgrief”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.