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From the character in Emily Brontë's novel Wuthering Heights.
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Today it means: Having characteristics similar to the character Heathcliff, especially dark, brooding, intense, tortured, possessive, aggressive, and/or uncivilized. Full definition →
From the character in Emily Brontë's novel Wuthering Heights.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.