babalaasadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈbabəlɑːs/,

/ˈbabəlas/, U.S.

/ˈbæbəˌlæs/,

/ˈbæbəˌlɑs/, South African English

/ˈbʌbəlʌs/,

/ˈbʌbəlɑːs/

Forms:

α. 1900s– babalaas, 1900s– babalaaz, 1900s– babalas, 1900s– babalaz, 1900s– baballas, 1900s– babbelaas, 1900s– babbelas, 1900s– babbeljas, 1900s– babelaas, 1900s– bubblejus.

β. 1900s– babalazi.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Afrikaans. Partly a borrowing from Zulu. Etymons: Afrikaans babalaas; Zulu -bhabhalazi, ibhabhalazi.

Etymology: < Afrikaans babalaas, babelaas (1940 as noun, 1950 as adjective) < Zulu -bhabhalazi , stem of ibhabhalazi hangover < Afrikaans (chiefly colloquial) bibberasie fact of trembling, illness characterized by tremor < Dutch (colloquial) bibberatie fact of trembling, delirium tremens (1871; also (nonstandard) bibberasie ; < bibberen to tremble (see bever v.²) + -atie -ation suffix); compare Afrikaans bewerasie ‘fact of trembling, illness characterized by tremor’, probably an alteration (after Afrikaans bewe < Dutch beven to tremble: see bive v.) of bibberasie . In β. forms directly < Zulu -bhabhalazi, stem of ibhabhalazi. Compare Xhosa ibhabhalaza.

South African colloquial.

A. adj.

Suffering from a hangover, hung-over.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [adjective] > suffering effects of excessive drinking

babalaas1947

hung-over1950

impaired1951

hung1958

overhung1964

hanging1971

1947 H. C. Bosman Jacaranda in Night ii. v. 139 ‘Basson is babelas again,’ one of his labourers said, meaning that he was suffering from a hangover.

1969 A. Fugard Boesman & Lena 14 Look at you! Babalas!..from yesterday's wine.

a1977 K. M. C. Motsisi in M. Mutloatse Casey & Co. (1978) 74 You keep that babalaas bek of yours shut before I bash it in with this pot.

1990 P. Cullinan in M. Leveson Firetalk 10 If I thought that a man was too shaky, babelaas—hungover, I would point at him and say ‘Skokiaan’, meaning that he had been at the local firewater.

2006 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 21 Aug. 27 I went off and got smashed last night; I'm feeling bloody babalaas.

B. n.

A hangover; (as mass noun) the symptoms of this.

ΚΠ

1949 E. Partridge Dict. Underworld (at cited word) Babbeljas, a hangover (after a debauch): South Africa. c.20.

1959 L. Longmore Dispossessed 218 Regular customers are usually given a free drink on certain occasions in order to remove what is called babalazi (dulling after-effects of carousal or drinking bout).

1973 Cape Herald 22 Sept. b1 The price of a bout at the Bacchanalian altar is still the groggy head, unsteady hand, furred tongue, rubber knees and the floating stomach—the age old ‘babbelas’.

1977 Sunday Times (S. Afr.) 1 May 7 You ‘dop’ too much, become ‘gerooked’ and have ‘babelaas’ next morning.

2007 J. D. Rhoades Safe & Sound xxiv. 178 Are you all right, fora? You sound like you got a bit of a babalaas.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	babalaas
释义	babalaasadj.n. Brit. /ˈbabəlɑːs/, /ˈbabəlas/, U.S. /ˈbæbəˌlæs/, /ˈbæbəˌlɑs/, South African English /ˈbʌbəlʌs/, /ˈbʌbəlɑːs/ Forms: α. 1900s– babalaas, 1900s– babalaaz, 1900s– babalas, 1900s– babalaz, 1900s– baballas, 1900s– babbelaas, 1900s– babbelas, 1900s– babbeljas, 1900s– babelaas, 1900s– bubblejus. β. 1900s– babalazi. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Afrikaans. Partly a borrowing from Zulu. Etymons: Afrikaans babalaas; Zulu -bhabhalazi, ibhabhalazi. Etymology: < Afrikaans babalaas, babelaas (1940 as noun, 1950 as adjective) < Zulu -bhabhalazi , stem of ibhabhalazi hangover < Afrikaans (chiefly colloquial) bibberasie fact of trembling, illness characterized by tremor < Dutch (colloquial) bibberatie fact of trembling, delirium tremens (1871; also (nonstandard) bibberasie ; < bibberen to tremble (see bever v.²) + -atie -ation suffix); compare Afrikaans bewerasie ‘fact of trembling, illness characterized by tremor’, probably an alteration (after Afrikaans bewe < Dutch beven to tremble: see bive v.) of bibberasie . In β. forms directly < Zulu -bhabhalazi, stem of ibhabhalazi. Compare Xhosa ibhabhalaza. South African colloquial. A. adj. Suffering from a hangover, hung-over. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [adjective] > suffering effects of excessive drinking babalaas1947 hung-over1950 impaired1951 hung1958 overhung1964 hanging1971 1947 H. C. Bosman Jacaranda in Night ii. v. 139 ‘Basson is babelas again,’ one of his labourers said, meaning that he was suffering from a hangover. 1969 A. Fugard Boesman & Lena 14 Look at you! Babalas!..from yesterday's wine. a1977 K. M. C. Motsisi in M. Mutloatse Casey & Co. (1978) 74 You keep that babalaas bek of yours shut before I bash it in with this pot. 1990 P. Cullinan in M. Leveson Firetalk 10 If I thought that a man was too shaky, babelaas—hungover, I would point at him and say ‘Skokiaan’, meaning that he had been at the local firewater. 2006 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 21 Aug. 27 I went off and got smashed last night; I'm feeling bloody babalaas. B. n. A hangover; (as mass noun) the symptoms of this. ΚΠ 1949 E. Partridge Dict. Underworld (at cited word) Babbeljas, a hangover (after a debauch): South Africa. c.20. 1959 L. Longmore Dispossessed 218 Regular customers are usually given a free drink on certain occasions in order to remove what is called babalazi (dulling after-effects of carousal or drinking bout). 1973 Cape Herald 22 Sept. b1 The price of a bout at the Bacchanalian altar is still the groggy head, unsteady hand, furred tongue, rubber knees and the floating stomach—the age old ‘babbelas’. 1977 Sunday Times (S. Afr.) 1 May 7 You ‘dop’ too much, become ‘gerooked’ and have ‘babelaas’ next morning. 2007 J. D. Rhoades Safe & Sound xxiv. 178 Are you all right, fora? You sound like you got a bit of a babalaas. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.n.1947
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