crapulous
adj/ˈkɹæpjʊləs/
Etymology From late Middle English crapulous, from Latin crapulosus (“drunken”), from crapula (“intoxication”), from Ancient Greek κραιπάλη (kraipálē, “intoxication, hangover”). Compare French crapuleux.
1
Characterized by excessive eating or drinking.
- Now I hear that you've dispensed with Roger's services, presumably to throw your lot in with my brother and his gang of crapulous shills.2021, “Retired Janitors of Idaho” (21:47 from the start), in Succession, season 3, episode 5, spoken by Ewan Roy (James Cromwell):
2
Suffering physically from the consequences of excessive eating or drinking.
3
Surcharged with liquor; sick from excessive indulgence in drinking or eating.
- By the time Swelter's monologue was dragging to its crapulous close, Mr. Flay was pacing onwards […]1946, Mervyn Peake, Titus Groan:
- He was in a crapulous state of booze, too, and demanded another thirty shillings.1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 71:
- Related terms
- crapula, crapulence, crapulent, crapulously, crapulousness