Catnache

/kætˈnæʃ/ noun

A nagging pain or persistent ache, especially used metaphorically or in dialects to describe lingering discomfort.

From cat + nache (an archaic or dialectal word for ache, from Old English ecan, meaning to increase or hurt). Rare and primarily dialectal.

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