hangover
hangover Lexical Profile
hangover Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A set of unpleasant physiological and psychological aftereffects, such as headache, nausea, and fatigue, experienced after consuming an excessive amount of alcohol.
"After celebrating at the wedding reception until midnight, he woke up the next morning with a severe hangover."
A custom, habit, feeling, or condition that survives from an earlier period or persists after its original cause has disappeared.
"The strict dress code in the office is largely a hangover from the company's more conservative founding era."
Word Origin & Etymology
Formed in the late 19th century as a compound of 'hang' and 'over', originally referring to something left over from an earlier period before acquiring its sense of the physical aftereffects of drinking in the early 20th century.