cor

Examples

• All

• In literature, the cor often symbolizes the source of passion and human emotion, transcending physicality.

• The poet described her love as a deep emotion felt in her cor, highlighting its significance to her happiness.

• Is that the love which is patient, kind, not envious, and does not insist on its own way (1 Cor 13:4)?

  Blog text (1)

• In our present pilgrimage, we walk by faith, not by sight (2 Cor 5:7); so that our righteousness also is by faith and not by sight.

  Academic text (2007)

• Haidt is almost paraphrasing St. Paul when he talks about how "knowledge puffs up, but love builds up" (1 Cor 8:1).

  Blog text (32)

• He believed that true courage comes from the cor, where feelings of hope and fear coexist.

Synonyms

H

heart

vscor

∞ 1.8

The center of a person's feelings, like love or courage

is an old literary term rather than the modern neutral word

H

heart and soul

vscor

28 3.4

The most important part that holds a group or thing together

is an old literary word for emotional center rather than general core

H

heartstring

vscor

• Informal

15 5.2

Deep feelings that strongly affect someone

is an older literary name for the emotion center rather than emotional triggers

B

bosom

vscor

• Literature

13 8.4

The chest used in writing to mean deep feelings

is older and literary, meaning emotional center not a physical chest image

H

heartstrings

vscor

• Informal

1 7.0

Deep feelings of love or sympathy that make you feel moved

is an old literary label for the emotional center rather than specific feelings

Compounds

C

cor anglais

9.9

A musical instrument like an oboe but lower and with a mellow tone

C

cor pulmonale

• Specialized

9.6

A serious heart problem when the right side of the heart becomes larger because of lung disease

Surface Forms

Etymology