affaire de coeur
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noun
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Etymology
Origin of affaire de coeur
Literally, “affair of the heart”
Example Sentences
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"May one call it an affaire de coeur?" asked Vassili, with his grim smile.
From The Sowers by Merriman, Henry Seton
Not long after the sad finale of his affaire de coeur, he left his home in the country, and going to Frankfort became a clerk in the post office.
From Tempest and Sunshine by Holmes, Mary Jane
In this last he gave free rein to the morbid imaginations to which his unhappy affaire de coeur and the mental excitement of the period predisposed P. 63him.
From The Life of John Ruskin by Collingwood, W. G. (William Gershom)
No adequate reason could be guessed at for such eccentricity, not even the excuse of an affaire de coeur, which would go further in the minds of Frenchmen than any other justification of capricious courses.
From Great Singers, Second Series Malibran To Titiens by Ferris, George T. (George Titus)
I don't think, in the first case, that this was an affaire de coeur, as the Frenchmen say.
From The Drone A Play in Three Acts by Mayne, Rutherford
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