sorehead
Meanings
noun
- A person who has a tendency to be angry or to feel offended.
- A politician who is dissatisfied through failure, lack of recognition, etc.
- Infection in sheep by the nematode Elaeophora schneideri; elaeophorosis.
- Fowlpox.
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Etymology
From sore + head, perhaps specifically from the simile like (or mad as) a bear with a sore head.
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