| 单词 |
crapula |
| 释义 |
‖ ˈcrapula Obs. [L. crāpula excessive drinking, inebriation, intoxication, ad. Gr. κραιπάλη drunken headache or nausea, the result of a drunken debauch. In adopting the Gr. word, the Romans seem to have put the cause for the result; both senses are found in the English derivatives.] 1. The sickness or indisposition following upon a drunken or gluttonous debauch.
a1687Cotton Poems, Night Quatrains (1689) 248 The drunkard..when he wakes..shall find A cropala remains behind. 1721Bailey, Crapula, a Surfeit by over-eating and drinking: Crop-sickness, Drunkenness. 2. A resin or drug productive of intoxication: a Latin use.
1601Holland Pliny I. 424 If the wine when it is new be mighty and strong, they put in the more of this medicine or confection called Crapula. |

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