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CRAPULOUS
Definition of CRAPULOUS
adjective
Characterized by excessive eating or drinking.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
CRAPULOUS carries 4 further meanings.
Drunken; given up to excess in drinking; characterized by intemperance.
adjective
Suffering physically from the consequences of excessive eating or drinking.
adjective
Surcharged with liquor; alcoholism; sick from excessive indulgence in drinking or eating; drunk; given to excesses.
adjective
suffering from excessive eating or drinking
“a crapulous stomach”
Where it comes from
From late Middle English crapulous, from Latin crapulosus (“drunken”), from crapula (“intoxication”), from Ancient Greek κραιπάλη (kraipálē, “intoxication, hangover”). Compare French crapuleux. Unrelated to the word crap.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,706)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
Its etymology also names French.
CRAPULOUS in a sentence
“Joe -- love the word crapulous -- I am going to borrow it the first chance I get.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CRAPULOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 30 boards so far. 70 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 27, 16 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CRAPULOUS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACLOPRSUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Words that mean much the same
Near-synonyms of CRAPULOUS. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start CRAPUL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found CRAPULOUS?
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