heartsease

or heart's-ease

[ hahrts-eez ]

noun
  1. peace of mind.

  2. the pansy or other plant of the genus Viola.

  1. the lady's-thumb.

Origin of heartsease

1
First recorded in 1375–1425, heartsease is from late Middle English hertes ese. See heart, 's1, ease

Words Nearby heartsease

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How to use heartsease in a sentence

  • He holds a mortgage on land lying between his heartsease and Skyrie, of which our south meadow is the limit.

    Dorothy at Skyrie | Evelyn Raymond
  • Little Martha ran up and offered her a wild heartsease which she had found on one of the graves.

  • Hadria carried still the drooping yellow heartsease that the little girl had given her.

  • For shame, heartsease; but this man, for all his wise plans and benevolent schemes, proved himself miserably blind.

    Heriot's Choice | Rosa Nouchette Carey
  • It failed again, and the heartsease at her feet ran together into a little sea of purple and gold.

    The Long Roll | Mary Johnston

British Dictionary definitions for heartsease

heartsease

heart's-ease

/ (ˈhɑːtsˌiːz) /


noun
  1. another name for the wild pansy

  2. peace of mind

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