Psychalgia (noun)
sai-kal-gee-a
(Originally) spiritual or mental pain or suffering (now rare or disused); (later also) pain of psychological rather than physiological origin.
Early 17th century; earliest use found in Thomas Walkington (c1575–1621), Church of England clergyman and author.
Example sentences
“A case of psychalgia, rather than any life-threatening condition.”
Praetorian (adj) (noun) pri-taw-ree-un of or relating to a praetor (a magistrate in the Roman republic). a soldier of the Praetorian Guard (Roman imperial army) First recorded in 1375–1425; late…
