soulacheとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

By surface analysis, soul +‎ ache.

発音

• (米国発音) IPA: /ˈsɔlˌeɪk/

名詞

soulache (usually uncountable, plural soulaches)

1. (dated, somewhat poetic) A deep, foundational sense of despair, hopelessness, or anguish, often so extreme as to be debilitating to those afflicted by it.
   • 1874, Helen Cross Knight, chapter IV, in Kitty King; or, Chapters for children, page 31:

     “Sure,” said Bridget; “and when you feel a soul-ache, it shows you've been doing wrong, and it hurts you; […]”

   • 1911, William John Locke, The Glory of Clementina Wing, John Lane, page 139:

     He, too, had a touch of soul-ache; but luckily it did not interfere with his carnal appetite.

   • 2004, International Journal of Communication, Bahri Publications, page 12:

     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.’