crapulous

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  • Adjective:
    suffering from excessive eating or drinking
    given to gross intemperance in eating or drinking

Word Origin

crapulous (adj.)
1530s, "sick from too much drinking," from Latin crapula, from Greek kraipale "hangover, drunken headache, nausea from debauching." The Romans used it for drunkenness itself. English has used it in both senses. Related: Crapulously; crapulousness.

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