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. See wild pansy
   another name for the wild pansy
2. peace of mind

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

Example Sentences

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

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Little Martha ran up and offered her a wild heartsease which she had found on one of the graves.

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

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

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It failed again, and the heartsease at her feet ran together into a little sea of purple and gold.

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