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heartsease

or heart's-ease

[ hahrts-eez ]

noun

  1. peace of mind.
  2. the pansy or other plant of the genus Viola.
  3. the lady's-thumb.


heartsease

/ ˈhɑːtsˌiːz /

noun

  1. another name for the wild pansy
  2. peace of mind
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of heartsease1

First recorded in 1375–1425, heartsease is from late Middle English hertes ese. See heart, 's 1, ease
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Example Sentences

Courtiers and ladies came to her for love potions made of heartsease, another name for my beloved pansy flower.

It was only in retrospect that they came to call plain heartsease a happiness too; and though they sometimes thought that a shame, other times they thought differently.

The apostles looking into the tomb of the Virgin, find it blooming with heartsease and ixias.

"I thought," she said, "the heartsease had withered in your bosom; but it has sprung up, and is blooming again."

Love-in-a-mist, angels' eyes, forget-me-not, and heartsease, are familiar examples.

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