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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CRAPULENT; CRAPULOUS

Crap "u *lent (-lent ), Crap "u *lous (-ls ), a. Etym: [L. crapulentus,crapulosus: cf. F. crapuleux. ]

 

Defn: Surcharged with liquor; sick from excessive indulgence in liquor; drunk; given to excesses. [R.]

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

crapulent

crap u lent |ˈkrapyələnt ˈkræpjələnt | ▶adjective literary of or relating to the drinking of alcohol or drunkenness. DERIVATIVES crap u lence noun, crap u lous |-yələs |adjective ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from late Latin crapulentus ‘very drunk, ’ from Latin crapula ‘inebriation, ’ from Greek kraipalē ‘drunken headache. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

crapulent

crapulent |ˈkrapjʊl (ə )nt | ▶adjective literary relating to the drinking of alcohol or drunkenness. DERIVATIVES crapulence noun, crapulous adjective ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from late Latin crapulentus ‘very drunk ’, from Latin crapula ‘inebriation ’, from Greek kraipalē ‘drunken headache ’.