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katzenjammer

[kat-suhn-jam-er]

noun

  1. the discomfort and illness experienced as the aftereffects of excessive drinking; hangover.

  2. uneasiness; anguish; distress.

  3. uproar; clamor.

    His speech produced a public katzenjammer.



katzenjammer

/ ˈ°ìæ³Ù²õÉ™²ÔËŒ»åÏô泾ə /

noun

  1. a confused uproar

  2. a hangover

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of katzenjammer1

From German: “hangover,†literally, “wailing of cats,†equivalent to Katzen (plural of Katze cat ( def. ) ) + Jammer “discomfort,†Old High German ÂáÄå³¾²¹°ù (noun and adjective) “misery; sadâ€; yammer; katzenjammer def. 1 was first recorded in 1840–50; and katzenjammer defs. 2 and katzenjammer 3 in 1895–1900
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of katzenjammer1

German, literally: hangover, from Katzen cats + jammer misery, wailing
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Example Sentences

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One only need look at you, Moritz!——I don't know what a katzenjammer's like.

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Still, I continued as of old, and thought nothing of it except as the regular katzenjammer—to be expected.

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In an orchestra of eighty men there is inevitably at least one man with a sore thumb, or bad kidneys, or a brutal wife, or katzenjammer—and one is enough.

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Should he find a man suffering with katzenjammer he would pronounce him a "suspect."

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An attack of katzenjammer—such as is scarcely ever spared worldly people of forty—threw a sobering shadow upon this event.

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