nonaching

English

Etymology

From non- +‎ aching.

Adjective

nonaching (not comparable)

1. That does not ache.
   • 1934, Harry Charles McKown, Home Room Guidance, page 355:

     7. May as much damage come from a diseased nonaching tooth as from one that aches?

   • 2012, Joanne Levy, Small Medium at Large, page 23:

     I shook my perfectly nonaching head.

   • 2015, Norman Vincent Peale, Positive Imaging: The Powerful Way to Change Your Life:

     While he prayed, with his hands covering my ears, I tried to hold in mind an image of myself with two good, healthy, nonaching ears.

   • 2022, Melinda Brown, Adapt:

     As if he transported out of thin air like something from a sci-fi television series, Jimmy was at her side, taking her nonaching hand, cupping his other hand over it.