Definitions
Sorry, no definitions found. Check out and contribute to the discussion of this word!
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word spendthrift sigh.
Examples
Sorry, no example sentences found.
Gammerstang commented on the word spendthrift sigh
(noun) - The allusion in Hamlet to the current notion that sighs shorten life by drawing blood from the heart. The same notion is found in A Midsummer-Night's Dream: "With sighs of love that cost the fresh blood dear".
--John Phin's Shakespeare Cyclopædia and New Glossary, 1902
January 14, 2018