crapulous

Adjective
Synonyms: crapulent

Open English WordNet

Adjective (2)

  1. suffering from excessive eating or drinking“crapulent sleep”“a crapulous stomach”Synonyms: crapulentOpposite abstemiousSimilar gluttonous
  2. given to gross intemperance in eating or drinking“a crapulous old reprobate”Opposite abstemiousSimilar gluttonous

Related words drinking noun

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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Crap′u·lent (-lent), Crap′u·lous (-l?s) adjective

Origin: L. crapulentus, crapulosus: cf. F. crapuleux.

Surcharged with liquor; sick from excessive indulgence in liquor; drunk; given to excesses. rare

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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