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crapulent
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective crapulent has 1 sense
- crapulent(s = adj.all) crapulous - suffering from excessive eating or drinking; "crapulent sleep"; "a crapulous stomach" Derived form noun crapulence1
CIDE DICTIONARY
crapulent, a. [L. crapulentus, crapulosus: cf. F. crapuleux.].
Surcharged with liquor; sick from excessive indulgence in liquor; drunk; given to excesses. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
crapulent, adj.
1 given to indulging in alcohol.
2 resulting from drunkenness.
3 a drunk. b suffering from the effects of drunkenness.
1 given to indulging in alcohol.
2 resulting from drunkenness.
3 a drunk. b suffering from the effects of drunkenness.
Derivative
crapulence n. crapulous adj.
Etymology
LL crapulentus very drunk f. L crapula inebriation f. Gk kraipale drunken headache
ROGET THESAURUS
crapulent
Gluttony
N gluttony, greed, avarice, greediness, voracity, epicurism, good living, high living, edacity, gulosity, crapulence, guttling, guzzling, pantophagy, good cheer, blow out, feast, gastronomy, batterie de cuisine, epicure, bon vivant, gourmand, glutton, cormorant, hog, belly god, Apicius, gastronome, gourmet, v, gormandize, gorge, overgorge, overeat oneself, engorge, eat one's fill, cram, stuff, guttle, guzzle, bolt, devour, gobble up, gulp, raven, eat out of house and home, have the stomach of an ostrich, play a good knife and fork, pamper, gluttonous, greedy, gormandizing, edacious, omnivorous, crapulent, swinish, avaricious, selfish, pampered, overfed, overgorged, jejunus raro stomachus vulgaria temnit.
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