heartquake

English

Etymology

heart +‎ quake

Noun

heartquake (plural heartquakes)

(figurative) Trembling of the heart or emotions; trepidation; fear.
- 1850, Nathaniel Hawthorne, “Introductory”, in The Scarlet Letter, a Romance, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, →OCLC:
  in many an hour of danger and heart-quake

References

“heartquake”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

earthquake

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