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What (who) is fusel-oil - definition

MIXTURES OF SEVERAL ALCOHOLS (CHIEFLY AMYL ALCOHOL) PRODUCED AS A BY-PRODUCT OF ALCOHOLIC FERMENTATION; FROM THE GERMAN WORD FUSEL (“BAD LIQUOR”)
Fusel oil; Rotgut; Fusil oil; Fusel alcohols; Fusel oils; Higher alcohol; Rotgut wines; Fusel Alcohol; Fusel; Potato oil

fusel-oil      
n.
Hydrate of amyl, grain oil, potatospirit oil, oil of grain, corn-spirit oil.
Fusel oil         
·- A hot, acrid, oily liquid, accompanying many alcoholic liquors (as potato whisky, corn whisky, ·etc.), as an undesirable ingredient, and consisting of several of the higher alcohols and compound ethers, but particularly of amyl alcohol; hence, specifically applied to amyl alcohol.
fusel oil         
['fju:z(?)l]
¦ noun a mixture of several alcohols (chiefly amyl alcohol) produced as a by-product of alcoholic fermentation.
Origin
C19: from Ger. Fusel 'bad liquor', prob. related to fuseln 'to bungle'.

Wikipedia

Fusel alcohol

Fusel alcohols or fuselol, also sometimes called fusel oils in Europe, are mixtures of several higher alcohols (those with more than two carbons, chiefly amyl alcohol) produced as a by-product of alcoholic fermentation. The word Fusel [ˈfuːzl̩] is German for "bad liquor".

Whether fusel alcohol contributes to hangover symptoms is a matter of scientific debate. A Japanese study in 2003 concluded that "the fusel oil in whisky had no effect on the ethanol-induced emetic response" in the Asian house shrew. Additionally, consumption of fusel oils with ethanol suppressed subjects' subsequent taste aversion to alcohol, which suggested subjects' hangover symptoms were lessened, according to the journal.