Word of the Day: HEART-BOUND


ETYMOLOGY
from heart + bound


EXAMPLE
“…When Strephon cursing his owne backwardnes
Came to hir back, and so with double warde
Emprison hir, who both them did possesse
As heart-bound slaues: and happy then embrace
Vertues proofe, fortunes victor, beauties place
…”

From: The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia.
By Sir Philip Sidney. a1586

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