headwark

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noun

A headache.

OriginMiddle English heedwarke ← Old English hēafodwærc →
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Meanings

nounheadwark (plural headwarks)

plural headwarks · alternative head-wark · alternative headwerk

  1. A headache.

Origin

  1. Old Englishhēafodwærc“pain in the head, headache”
  2. Middle Englishheedwarke
  3. Englishheadwark

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”).

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APA

headwark. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/headwark

MLA

“headwark.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/headwark. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “headwark,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/headwark.

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