katzenjammer

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun disagreeable aftereffects from the use of drugs (especially alcohol)
  2. noun loud confused noise from many sources

Etymology

Borrowed from German Katzenjammer (“hangover”, literally “the wailing of cats”); a determinative compound formed from Katze (“cat”) + -n- + Jammer (“wailing; lamentation”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

hangover

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