单词 | crapulous |
释义 | crapulousadj. 1. Characterized by gross excess in drinking or eating; intemperate, debauched. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > excessive consumption of food or drink > [adjective] crapulousc1540 surfeiting1588 ingurgitating1620 guzzling1637 crapulent1888 stodging1898 c1540 J. Bellenden in tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. sig. Bijv Throw thair crapulus and schamfull glutone. 1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Crapulous, given to Gluttony. 1789 T. Jefferson Writings (1859) II. 579 His distresses and his crapulous habits. 1839 Ld. Brougham Hist. Sketches Statesmen George III (ed. 2) 210 The crapulous life which her future successor led. 1854 C. D. Badham Prose Halieutics 434 After one of these crapulous repasts. 1862 J. Thrupp Anglo-Saxon Home vii. 217 Under the Danish kings the monks were more crapulous than ever. 2. Suffering from the effects of intemperance in drinking; resulting from drunkenness. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered nutrition > [adjective] > suffering from surfeit crapulental1620 crop-sicka1625 crapulent1656 crapulous1755 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Crapulous..sick with intemperance. 1802 S. Smith Wks. (1859) I. 11/2 The crapulous eructations of a drunken cobbler. 1845 Ld. Campbell Lives Chancellors II. lvi. 428 Men who spend their evenings over their wine, and awake crapulous in the morning. 1876 R. Bartholow Pract. Treat. Materia Med. ii. 65 Crapulous diarrhœa and dysentery are not benefited by them. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.c1540 |
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