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• headach (obsolete)
• head-ache (archaic)

語源

From 中期英語 hevedeche, from 古期英語 hēafodeċe, equivalent to head +‎ ache.

発音

• IPA: /ˈhɛdeɪk/
• 韻: -ɛdeɪk

名詞

headache (plural headaches)

1. (medicine) 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.

   • 1997, George Carlin, “SPORTS ROUNDUP”, in Brain Droppings‎, New York: Hyperion Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 68:

     Sometimes on television they tell you a product is "good for headaches." I don't want something that's good for headaches. I want something that's bad for headaches. And good for me.

2. (figurative) A nuisance or unpleasant problem.

   The clumsy filing system has been a huge headache.

   • 1957 May, Walter McGrath, “The Thurles-Clonmel Line, C.I.E.”, in Railway Magazine, page 319:

     Bogland now dominates the scene and the construction engineers must have suffered many a headache in seeking to secure a firm foundation.

同意語

• (physical pain): cephalalgia
• (annoyance): bother, pain in the neck

下位語

• hangover
• hemicrania
• megrim
• migraine
• tension headache

派生語