Achiness
having or causing an sensation:
an achy back.
adjective achier, achiest
affected by a continuous dull pain; aching
adj.
1875, first recorded in george eliot’s letters, from ache + -y (2). middle english had akeful “painful” (early 15c.). related: achily; achiness.
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