CRAPULENCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does crapulence mean? 

• CRAPULENCE (noun)
  The noun CRAPULENCE has 1 sense:

1. the act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess

  Familiarity information: CRAPULENCE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CRAPULENCE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

boozing; crapulence; drink; drinking; drunkenness

Context example:

drink was his downfall

Hypernyms ("crapulence" is a kind of...):

intemperance; intemperateness (consumption of alcoholic drinks)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "crapulence"):

drinking bout (a long period of drinking)

Derivation:

crapulent (suffering from excessive eating or drinking)

crapulous (given to gross intemperance in eating or drinking)

crapulous (suffering from excessive eating or drinking)