crapulent

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: crap=u=lent

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.

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.