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.
Catnache is a wonderfully obscure word that captures that annoying, persistent ache that won't go away—the kind of pain that keeps returning, much like a cat that keeps meowing for attention. It's a word that deserves revival!
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