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headwark

headwark noun: a headache.

Noun

headwark (plural headwarks)

  1. A headache.

Forms of headwark

pluralheadwarks
alternative formhead-wark
alternative formheadwerk

Origin of headwark

From Middle English heedwarke, hedewarke, from Old English hēafodwærc (“pain in the head, headache”), equivalent to head + wark. Cognate with Danish hovedvark (“headache”), Swedish huvudvärk (“headache”), Icelandic höfuðverkur (“headache”).

Questions about headwark

What does headwark mean?
Headwark means a headache.
What part of speech is headwark?
Headwark is a noun.
What is the plural of headwark?
The plural of headwark is headwarks.

Words near headwark in the dictionary

  1. headwaitresses
  2. headwall
  3. headwalls
  4. headward
  5. headwards
  6. headwark
  7. headwarks
  8. headwater
  9. headwaters
  10. headway
  11. headways

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