heartstrings

heartstrings

heartstrings (plural only)

1. (obsolete, anatomy) The tendons once thought to brace the heart. [15th-19th c.]
   • 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, I.iii.2.4:

     The midriff and heart-strings do burn and beat very fearfully, and when this vapour or fume is stirred, flieth upward, the heart itself beats [...].

2. (figuratively) Ones deepest emotions or inner feelings. [from 16th c.]

Altri significati:

(obsolete, anatomy) The tendons once thought to brace the heart. [15th-19th c.]

(figuratively) One's deepest emotions or inner feelings. [from 16th c.]

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