Wednesday Word: Crapulous

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Crapulous - adjective.

You'd be forgiven for thinking crapulous is a recent invention, but this fun-to-say word has been in use for hundreds of years. First recorded in the mid-1500s, it comes from the Latin word for "inclined to drunkenness"--crapulosus. It can also be used to describe someone suffering from excess, such as "James woke up nauseous after a night of crapulous indulgence."

Crapulous has no relation to excrement :-D