honeyheart

honeyheart
   A term used by a user of rather extravagant English in Magnus Merriman, by Eric Linklater. The man who uses it to his lover also calls her ‘heartsease’ and ‘beatitude’.

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  • heartsease —    An unusual vocative used by a young Scottish man to a girl in Magnus Merriman, by Eric Linklater.    The same speaker calls her ‘honeyheart’ and ‘beatitude’, neither of whicsh is a frequently occurring endearment. ‘Heartsease’ means… …   A dictionary of epithets and terms of address

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