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Jun. 7, 2014
Word of the Day

crapulous Audio Pronunciation
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\KRAP-yuh-luhs\
adjective
1. given to or characterized by gross excess in drinking or eating.
2. suffering from or due to such excess.
Quotes
Hastily running across the court to his own rooms, he groped... See full quote
-- Frederic W. Farrar, Julian Home: A Tale of College Life, 1866
Origin
Crapulous came to English in the mid-1500s from the Late Latin crāpulōsus.
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