Words at Play : 17 of the Finest Words for Drinking
Definition:
1 : marked by intemperance especially in eating or drinking
2 : sick from excessive indulgence in liquor
Example:
"And to say nothing of Morning-qualms, Head-achs, crapulous Clouds, and Surfeits, which are no contemptible Maladies, if, at least, their frequency be consider'd ..." – The Great Sin and Folly of Drunkenness, with a particular address to the Female Sex, 1707
About the Word:
Just to be clear, there is no evidence suggesting that crapulous and crap (as in 'feeling like crap') are related, either etymologically or through some distant uncle.
The former comes to us from the Greek word kraipalē (which means 'intoxication,' or 'drunken headache'); the latter comes from a British dialect word meaning 'residue from rendered fat.'
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