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crapulous - 4 dictionary results

crap⋅u⋅lous

[krap-yuh-luhs]
–adjective
1. given to or characterized by gross excess in drinking or eating.
2. suffering from or due to such excess.

Origin:
1530–40; < LL crāpulōsus. See crapulent, -ous


crap⋅u⋅lous⋅ly, adverb
crap⋅u⋅lous⋅ness, noun
crap·u·lence   (krāp'yə-ləns)   
n.  
  1. Sickness caused by excessive eating or drinking.
  2. Excessive indulgence; intemperance.

[From crapulent, sick from gluttony, from Late Latin crāpulentus, very drunk, from Latin crāpula, intoxication, from Greek kraipalē.]
crap'u·lent adj., crap'u·lous adj.

crapulous 
1536, "sick from too much drinking," from L. crapula, from Gk. kraipale "drunken headache or nausea." Since Roman times, often used of the drunken debauch itself, but properly only of its after-effects.

Main Entry: crap·u·lous
Pronunciation: 'krap-y&-l&s
Function: adjective
1 : marked by intemperance especially in eating ordrinking
2 : sick from excessive indulgence in liquor
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