Crapulence

/ˈkræpjələns/ noun

Definition

Sickness or disgust resulting from excessive eating or drinking; drunken excess or overindulgence.

Etymology

From French 'crapule' (drunkenness), from Late Latin 'crapula,' possibly from Greek 'kraipalē' (hangover). The word captures the feeling after excess.

Kelly Says

Romans had a word 'crapula' for their hangovers, and English borrowed it to describe not just sickness but the moral disgust that comes with knowing you've overdone it—it's judgment built into the medical term.

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