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.
Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the Word for the Day in a sentence.
The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day.
The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-)
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 haven't seen anyone picking on Arghie. His imagination may be crapulous.
Yes, me, too. Amazing what those brave men and women can do.
Oh, and I've been praying for them.
I'll remember your screen name, for the dictionary readers have lots of smarts packed away in that, there brain of theirs...
Hegewisch is the neighborhood in Chicago where HD's dupa resides
Chicago? My BIL lives there. He is a professor at Northwestern. Now I have a visual on HD. ;)
Arghie, we wuv you!
-watch it xs doesn't like all that mushiness.
I'm the subbie on Tuesday. LOL!
Oh, that is funny. I now have a photo of him in my head.
I think I've seen her give hugs all around for the wounded and weary. I think.
arghy ie equally anti-mush, so it is fun to rub up against him and say you love him bc it annoys him so... ; )
The 101st look like Borgs right now.
And therein lies the fun. LOL!
What's going on in here?
-the daughter's new job involves her sitting at a computer all day.......she is emailing me a lot. :^)
I missed something, somewhere. What's that mean?
Ode to Crapulous
Yesterday, was the Ides of March
ole Julius, bit the dust
rubbed out by the Senate
I've heard of raucous Romans
pillaging all nations around
their crapulous behavior to expound
the half the world they found
then they left the carp behind
for the rest of us to find....
Well, it is a stab
I don't think it worked
one thing for sure
they were a crapulous sort!
bentfeather (c) 03.16.06
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