headachy

headachy

English

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Etymology

Etymology tree
English headache
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Germanic *-gaz
Proto-West Germanic *-g
Old English -iġ
Middle English -y
English -y
English headachy

    From headache + -y.

    Adjective

    headachy (comparative more headachy, superlative most headachy)

    1. Suffering from a headache
      • 1988 January 22, Robert McClory, “The Yeast of Our Problems”, in Chicago Reader‎[1]:
        After an hour at school she was soaked with sweat, dizzy, and headachy.
    2. Resembling or characteristic of a headache.
      a headachy pain

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