English

Verb

to warm the cockles of someone's heart

1. (idiomatic) To provide happiness, to bring a deeply-felt contentment
   • 1671 John Eachard:^[2]

     This contrivance of his did inwardly rejoice the cockles of his heart.

Synonyms

• (to provide happiness): warm someone's heart

Related terms

• heart-warming

Translations

References

1. 1 2 “Cockles of your heart”, World Wide Words, Michael Quinion, 3 Aug 2002.
2. ↑ James A. H. Murray [et al.], editor (1884–1928) A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, OCLC 15566697; and The Oxford English Dictionary; being a Corrected Re-issue with an Introduction, Supplement, and Bibliography of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (the First Supplement), Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1933, OCLC 2748467.