crapulous
1
9.9
Feeling sick after eating or drinking too much
- adjective
- /ˈkræp.jə.ləs/
- Archaic
:
crapuloso
- After the holiday feast, I felt crapulous from overeating all the rich dishes.
Examples
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The morning after the party, he woke up feeling crapulous due to all the drinks he had consumed.
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She spent the day recovering from a crapulous night filled with too much food and wine.
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I'm chocked, cocked and crapulous.
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Quote a poor, ignorant, malicious, short sighted, crapulous mass Thank you John Adams.
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Behind him, a party of crapulous tourists staggered by, singing "Louie Louie."
Fiction book (2002)
Synonyms
gluttonous
vscrapulous
3
7.2
Someone who always eats or drinks too much
describes the temporary state of feeling ill after too much food or drink
How Overindulgent
Surface Forms
crapulous positive
Etymology
Crapulous comes from the Latin word crapula, which meant 'drunkenness' or the 'sickness' after too much food or drink. So, crapulous describes the uncomfortable, 'hangover'-like feeling you get after over-eating or drinking too much.