Meanings
noundearheart (plural dearhearts)
plural dearhearts
- A term of affection.
I'm not deserting you, dearheart. I'll be home tomorrow, or the day after.
2005, Anita Diamant, The Last Days of Dogtown, Scribner, →ISBN, page 1431 more example
What was it, then, dearheart, that hath prevailed with thee to do as thou hast done?
1684, John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress part two, 1850 David Bogue edition, page 277 http://books.google.com/books?id=IecHAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA277&dq=dearheart
Origin
Translations
Finnish sydänkäpynen, kultanen
- sydänkäpynenterm of affection
- kultanenterm of affection
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APA
dearheart. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dearheart
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Chicago
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