crapulous

American  

[krap-yuh-luhs] / ˈkræp yə ləs /

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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Other Word Forms

• crapulously adverb
• crapulousness noun

Etymology

Origin of crapulous

First recorded in 1530–40; from Late Latin crāpulōsus, “inclined to drunkenness”; crapulent, -ous

Example Sentences

In those crapulous times, 50 years ago, he was no nicer than others, and far more energetic.

From Time Magazine Archive

Fat, untidy and crapulous, �vejk is a natural disaster as a soldier.

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

If the moment were but favourable, who knows but what at some oblivious and crapulous moment the Emperor might be induced to sign an order for our philosopher's recall?

From Seekers after God by Farrar, F. W. (Frederic William)

With what he termed "the crapulous years," he had divested himself of his former associates and habits.

From The Belovéd Vagabond by Locke, William John