Posted on 03/16/2006 4:10:00 AM PST by secret garden
In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of "Word for the Day".
crapulous \KRAP-yuh-lus\, adjective
1. Suffering the effects of, or derived from, or suggestive of gross intemperance, especially in drinking; as, a crapulous stomach.
2. Marked by gross intemperance, especially in drinking; as, a crapulous old reprobate.
Example sentence:
The new money was spent in so much riotous living, and from end to end there settled on the country a mood of fretful, crapulous irritation.
-- Stephen McKenna, Sonia
Etymology: Crapulous is from Late Latin crapulosus, from Latin crapula, from Greek kraipale, drunkenness and its consequences, nausea, sickness, and headache.
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Practice makes perfect.....post on....
Review Thread One: Word For The Day, Thursday 11/14/02: Raffish (Be SURE to check out posts #92 and #111 on this thread!)
Review Thread Two: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/14/03: Roister
Review Thread Three: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/28/03: Obdurate
WFB's attempt to emulate us ; ) No pushing at the door please!
I beg your pardon? Lowly? One of the dads at the soccer fields said he didn't think we'd last a minute in this series. I wish I'd bet him.
I think I flunked bracketology already. I had Xavier upsetting Gonzaga and it just didn't happen. Heck of a game, though.
as i said, the odds were even in Vegas, i think the $$$ men knew that the #12 and the #5 didn't mean they were a mismatch. xshub said from the beginning it could go either way.
how about Pitt v. Kent State?
I picked Pitt.
Of course another upset by the golden flashes would be cool.
xshub is in Vegas, he has NEVER seen it so crowded, he said it is overrun with SERIOUS gamblers for the NCAA finals. ratio of men to women 50 to 1. he said the only women there this week are hookers. also, lots of college students there on spring break. again, guys.
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