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crapulous, a.|ˈkræpjuːləs|
In 6 crapulus.
[ad. L. crāpulōs-us, f. crāpula: cf. F. crapuleux.]
1. Characterized by gross excess in drinking or eating; intemperate, debauched.
1536Bellenden Cron. Scot. (1821) I. xxiv, Throw thair crapulus and schamfull glutone. 1721Bailey, Crapulous, given to Gluttony. 1789T. Jefferson Writ. (1859) II. 579 His distresses and his crapulous habits. 1839Ld. Brougham Statesm. Geo. III (ed. 2) 210 The crapulous life which her future successor led. 1854Badham Halieut. 434 After one of these crapulous repasts. 1862J. Thrupp Ang. Sax. Home vii. 217 Under the Danish kings the monks were more crapulous than ever.
2. Suffering from the effects of intemperance in drinking; resulting from drunkenness.
1755Johnson, Crapulous..sick with intemperance. 1802Syd. Smith Wks. 1859 I. 11/2 The crapulous eructations of a drunken cobbler. 1845Ld. Campbell Chancellors (1857) III. lvi. 141 Men who spend their evenings over their wine and awake crapulous in the morning. 1876Bartholow. Mat. Med. (1879) 85 Crapulous diarrhœa and dysentery are not benefited by them. |