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headache

noun
/ˈhɛdeɪk/

Etymology

From Middle English hevedeche, from Old English hēafodeċe. By surface analysis, head + ache.

  1. inherited from hēafodeċe
  2. inherited from hevedeche

Definitions

  1. A pain or ache in the head.

    • I have a splitting headache after that party last night.
    • I advise you to take some painkillers for the headache, it's probably nothing serious.

  2. A nuisance or unpleasant problem.

    • The clumsy filing system has been a huge headache.
    • Bogland now dominates the scene and the construction engineers must have suffered many a headache in seeking to secure a firm foundation.

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Derived

alarm clock headache, antiheadache, cluster headache, headache tree, headache vine, headaching, headachy, hypnic headache, ice cream headache, icecream headache, ice-pick headache, I have a headache, migraine headache, preheadache, red wine headache, sexual headache, sick headache, suicide headache, thunderclap headache

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at headache. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at headache. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at headache

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA