Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

psychache

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: psy-chache
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

psychological pain

Uncountable

Etymology

From psych- + ache, coined by Edwin Shneidman.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: psych

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does psychache mean?: psychological pain
Where does psychache come from?: From psych- + ache, coined by Edwin Shneidman.

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