CRAPULOUS
adjective, marked by intemperance especially in eating or drinking, sick from excessive indulgence in liquor
They were crapulous and carrying cans of beer, one of them with a can in each hand!
"Crapulous" may sound like a word that you shouldn't use in polite company, but it actually has a long and perfectly respectable history (although it's not a particularly kind way to describe someone). It is derived from the Late Latin adjective crapulosus, which, in turn, traces back to the Latin word carpal, meaning "intoxication." Crapula itself some from a much older Greek word for the headache one gets from drinking. "Crapulous" first appeared in print in 1536. Approximately 200 years later, its close cousin "crapulence" arrived on the scene as a word for sickness caused by drinking. "Crapulence" later acquired the meaning "great intemperance especially in drinking," but it is not an especially common word.
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karen charlie and enzo
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