| 词汇 | brokenhearted |
| 词源 | brokenhearted. Brokenhearted lovers weren’t the inspiration for this word. It was coined in 1526 by William Tyndale, En- glish translator of the Bible, who was later strangled and burned at the stake for heresy. The word first occurs in Luke 4:18: “To heale the broken harted,” and was preceded by such formations as “broken-minded,” “broken-backed,” and “broken-winded.” Tyndale is also said to have coined the word beautiful, in his translation of the Bible (in Mat. 23:27). |
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