crapulous

English

WOTD – 15 January 2006

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Adjective

crapulous (comparative more crapulous, superlative most crapulous)

1. Characterized by excessive eating or drinking.
2. Suffering physically from the consequences of excessive eating or drinking.
3. Surcharged with liquor; sick from excessive indulgence in drinking or eating; drunk.
   • 1946, Mervyn Peake, Titus Groan:

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

Synonyms

• (characterized by excessive eating or drinking): debauched, intemperate
• (sick from excessive indulgence): crapulent, wamble-cropped; See also Thesaurus:nauseated
• (drunk): See Thesaurus:drunk

Related terms

• crapula
• crapulence
• crapulent
• crapulously
• crapulousness

Translations

characterized by excessive eating or drinking

• Finnish: mässäilevä (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

suffering from the consequences of excessive eating or drinking

• Bulgarian: махмурлия (bg) (mahmurlija)
• Finnish: krapulainen (fi) (having hangover), humalainen (fi) (drunk), ylensyönyt (overeaten)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Serbo-Croatian: mamurluk (sh), prežderanost (sh)

Further reading

• “crapulous”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “crapulous”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.