[Word] Crapulous

Word of the Day for Saturday March 11, 2006

crapulous \KRAP-yuh-lus\, adjective:
1. Suffering the effects of, or derived from, or suggestive of
gross intemperance, especially in drinking; as, a crapulous
stomach.
2. Marked by gross intemperance, especially in drinking; as, a
crapulous old [1]reprobate.

These were the dregs of their celebratory party: the
half-filled glasses, the cold beans and herring, the shouts
and smells of the crapulous strangers hemming them in on
every side, the dead rinsed-out April night and the rain
drooling down the windows.
-- T. Coraghessan Boyle, [2]Riven Rock

The crapulous life which her future successor led.
-- Lord Brougham, Historical Sketches of Statesmen in the
Time of George III

The new money was spent in so much riotous living, and from
end to end there settled on the country a mood of fretful,
crapulous irritation.
-- Stephen McKenna, Sonia
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Crapulous is from Late Latin crapulosus, from Latin crapula,
from Greek kraipale, drunkenness and its consequences, nausea,
sickness, and headache.

Nerdwife sent me this. Wow, for years who knew I was using a real word!