The story
- Latin · derived fromcrapula“excessive drinking, intoxication”
- English todaycrapulence
From crapulent + -ence, from Latin crapula (“excessive drinking, intoxication”).
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
crapulence
Today it means: Sickness or indisposition caused by excessive eating or drinking. Full definition →
Latin crapula