crapulous
Americanadjective
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given to or characterized by gross excess in drinking or eating.
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suffering from or due to such excess.
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Etymology
Origin of crapulous
First recorded in 1530–40; from Late Latin crāpulōsus, “inclined to drunkenness”; see origin at crapulent, -ous
Example Sentences
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Fat, untidy and crapulous, �vejk is a natural disaster as a soldier.
From Time Magazine Archive
In those crapulous times, 50 years ago, he was no nicer than others, and far more energetic.
From Time Magazine Archive
Among these was the Charivari, which incontinently laughed at the whole system of the establishment, from the crapulous, corpulent, and Voltairien Etienne, down to the lowest printer's devil.
From The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2, May, 1851 by Various
We traversed unhindered a camp sunk in sleep, where we heard no sound but crapulous snorings.
From Andivius Hedulio Adventures of a Roman Nobleman in the Days of the Empire by White, Edward Lucas
As it passed through he straightened himself and put up his hand in a crapulous salute.
From The Tree of Heaven by Sinclair, May
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