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Crapulous

//ˈkɹæpjʊləs// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Characterized by excessive eating or drinking.

    "Now I hear that you've dispensed with Roger's services, presumably to throw your lot in with my brother and his gang of crapulous shills."

  2. 2
    Suffering physically from the consequences of excessive eating or drinking.
  3. 3
    Surcharged with liquor; sick from excessive indulgence in drinking or eating.

    "By the time Swelter's monologue was dragging to its crapulous close, Mr. Flay was pacing onwards […]"

Adjective
  1. 1
    given to gross intemperance in eating or drinking wordnet
  2. 2
    suffering from excessive eating or drinking wordnet

Etymology

From late Middle English crapulous, from Latin crapulosus (“drunken”), from crapula (“intoxication”), from Ancient Greek κραιπάλη (kraipálē, “intoxication, hangover”). Compare French crapuleux.

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