crapulous
/ˈkɹæpjʊləs/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Characterized by excessive eating or drinking.
adj
Suffering physically from the consequences of excessive eating or drinking.
adj
Surcharged with liquor; sick from excessive indulgence in drinking or eating.
Example Sentences
- "Now I hear that you've dispensed with Roger's services, presumably to throw your lot in with my brother and his gang of crapulous shills."
- "By the time Swelter's monologue was dragging to its crapulous close, Mr. Flay was pacing onwards […]"
- "He was in a crapulous state of booze, too, and demanded another thirty shillings."
Etymology
Etymology tree Ancient Greek κραιπᾰ́λη (kraipắlē)der. Latin crāpula Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Latin crāpulōsusder. Middle English crapulous English crapulous From late Middle English crapulous, from Latin crapulosus (“drunken”), from crapula (“intoxication”), from Ancient Greek κραιπάλη (kraipálē, “intoxication, hangover”). Compare French crapuleux. Unrelated to the word crap.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: crapulous, crapulosus, κραιπάλη
Inflected Forms
more crapulous (comparative)
most crapulous (superlative)