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headwark

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
head-wark
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A headache.

Etymology

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”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: heedwarke, hēafodwærc

Inflected Forms

headwarks (plural) head-wark (alternative) headwerk (alternative)

Questions

What does headwark mean?
A headache.
Where does headwark come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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