From Jeffrey Kacirk’s “Forgotten English” calendar this year:<\/p>\n
\nThe indisposition of a drunkard after a debauch.
<\/em>— James Hallwell, Dictionary of Archaic and Provicial Words <\/em>(1855)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\nWhat a wonderful word. (And, no, there’s no particular meaning to my choosing it today. \ud83d\ude42 )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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