veisalgia n. a hangover. Etymological Note: Norwegian kveis ‘uneasiness following debauchery’ + Greek algia ‘pain.” This word was coined by the authors of the first cite. There may be a double-entendre in the word kveis, as it is also a word...
veisalgia n.— «Perhaps the most alarming feature of veisalgia is its high prevalence.» —“The Alcohol Hangover” by Jeffrey G. Wiese; Michael G. Shlipak; Warren S. Browner Annals of Internal Medicine June 6...
veisalgia n.— «In a 2000 journal article, Wiese and co-authors coined a term for such hangovers: veisalgia, from the Norwegian word kveis, meaning “uneasiness following debauchery,” and algia, Greek for pain.» —“Hangover...