yə adjective
1.
given to or characterized by gross excess in drinking or eating.
2.
suffering from or due to such excess.
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crapulent or crapulous (ˈkræpjʊlənt, ˈkræpjʊləs) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | given to or resulting from intemperance |
| 2. | suffering from intemperance; drunken |
| [C18: from Late Latin crāpulentus drunk, from Latin crāpula, from Greek kraipalē drunkenness, headache resulting therefrom] | |
| crapulous or crapulous | |
| —adj | |
| [C18: from Late Latin crāpulentus drunk, from Latin crāpula, from Greek kraipalē drunkenness, headache resulting therefrom] | |
| 'crapulence or crapulous | |
| —n | |
| 'crapulently or crapulous | |
| —adv | |
| 'crapulously or crapulous | |
| —adv | |
| 'crapulousness or crapulous | |
| —n | |
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Crapulous
is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
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Word Origin & History
crapulous
1530s, "sick from too much drinking," from L. crapula, from Gk. kraipale "hangover, drunken headache, nausea from debauching." The Romans used it for drunkenness itself. English has used it in both senses.
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