crapulence
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A feeling of sickness after drinking too much alcohol
- noun
- /ˈkræpjələns/
- Archaic
:
crapulencia
- After a night of heavy drinking, she felt the effects of her crapulence and struggled to get out of bed.
Examples
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And now they've one-upped their crapulence and canceled the rumored release of the nx r... something nx users were all praying and looking forward to.
Blog text (32) -
His usual hangover was intensified, revealing the true extent of his crapulence from the previous evening's festivities.
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They're feeling the crapulence that comes after indulging in too much wine at the party last night.
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
crapulence singular
crapulences plural
Etymology
Crapulence comes from the Latin word crapula, which means 'drunkenness' or 'a sick feeling after too much drink'. So crapulence is about drinking too much alcohol and the bad, sick feeling that follows.