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Today's Word "Crapulence"

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crapulence \KRAEP-yeh-lehns\ (noun) - Sickness from immoderate eating or drinking; indulgence of one's appetites to the point of nausea.

"Every Christmas, Jason would overindulge in chocolate-covered cherries and feel crapulent for hours after."

 

Late Latin crapulentus "very drunk" which, in turn, is from the Latin crapula "intoxication." The root of "crapula" is Greek kraipale "hangover." Unrelated to "crap" which derives from the name of an initial losing throw in the dice game "craps," itself derived from "crabs."


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