collywobbles
noun
col·ly·wob·bles ˈkä-lē-ˌwä-bəlz 
plural in form but singular or plural in construction
: bellyache
Did you know?
We don't know who first clutched his or her tummy and called the affliction "collywobbles," but we do know the word's earliest print appearance dates from around 1823. We also know that the word probably came about through a process called "folk etymology." In that process, unusual words are transformed to make them look or sound like other, more familiar words. Collywobbles is believed to be a friendlier-sounding transformation of cholera morbus (the New Latin term for the disease cholera) that was influenced by the words colic and wobble.
Synonyms
- bellyache
- stomachache
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Word History
Etymology
perhaps by folk etymology from New Latin cholera morbus, literally, the disease cholera
First Known Use
circa 1823, in the meaning defined above
collywobbles
plural noun
as in cramps
abdominal pain especially when focused in the digestive organs heavy meals always give me the collywobbles Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- cramps
- bellyache
- stomachache
- colic
- gripes