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soulache en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈsɔlˌeɪk/ (US)

Etymology

By surface analysis, soul + ache.

Meanings

1. (dated, poetic, uncountable, usually) A deep, foundational sense of despair, hopelessness, or anguish, often so extreme as to be debilitating to those afflicted by it.
   • He, too, had a touch of soul-ache; but luckily it did not interfere with his carnal appetite. 1911, William John Locke, The Glory of Clementina Wing, John Lane, page 139:
   • “Sure,” said Bridget; “and when you feel a soul-ache, it shows you've been doing wrong, and it hurts you; […]” 1874, Helen Cross Knight, chapter IV, in Kitty King; or, Chapters for children, page 31:
   • But soulache is different from heartache. Although it can also relate in relation to someone, there is a different preposition used to described soulache, ‘after.’ 2004, International Journal of Communication, Bahri Publications, page 12:

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