Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
crapulous .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective rare Surcharged with liquor; sick from excessive indulgence in liquor; drunk; given to excesses.
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- adjective Exhibiting or relating to
crapulence .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective suffering from excessive eating or drinking
Etymologies
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Examples
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Our (in) justice system is indeed "crapulent" by Kyle Griffith on Saturday, Jul 25, 2009 at 11: 59: 38 PM
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Reply: Our (in) justice system is indeed "crapulent"
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Many Democrats seem to have been mesmerized into throwing themselves under the bus to support a bill that most, when in their right minds, would admit is crapulent excess at best.
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The novel begins with a prolonged soliloquy from Nicholas Pratt, who we first met in "Never Mind" as a crapulent middle-aged man browbeating his trophy girlfriend.
The Sins of His Father Sam Sacks 2012
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Lord knows that I don't want to be discouraging of the chances that some lawmaker, somewhere in America, might at some point deliver a plan that will prevent the sorts of financial chicanery that built unsustainable bubbles out of crapulent mortgage derivatives and nearly destroyed the economy.
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It's when you see just a face lying on a bed in a crapulent posture that you have entered the land.
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And that's the problem with this whole sodding crapulent enterprise on Sunday.
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Many Democrats seem to have been mesmerized into throwing themselves under the bus to support a bill that most, when in their right minds, would admit is crapulent excess at best.
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Lord knows that I don't want to be discouraging of the chances that some lawmaker, somewhere in America, might at some point deliver a plan that will prevent the sorts of financial chicanery that built unsustainable bubbles out of crapulent mortgage derivatives and nearly destroyed the economy.
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And that's the problem with this whole sodding crapulent enterprise on Sunday.
washerdreyer commented on the word crapulent
Bierce, in his definition of abstainer:
Said a man to a crapulent youth: "I thought
You a total abstainer, my son."
"So I am, so I am," said the scrapgrace caught —
"But not, sir, a bigoted one."
December 9, 2006
sionnach commented on the word crapulent
not to be confused with cromulent
October 31, 2007
thedayhascome commented on the word crapulent
/KRAP yoo lent/ adj · Sick from drinking and/or eating too much.
August 7, 2008