crapula means sickness or indisposition caused by excessive eating or drinking. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 88 out of 100.
crapula is pronounced /ˈkɹapjʊlə/.
Why “crapula” is a great word
CRAPULA — [Noun] A sickness or indisposition resulting from overindulgence in food or drink. From the Latin crāpula ("intoxication, drunkenness"), from the Ancient Greek κραιπάλη (kraipálē, "intoxication, hangover"). Unlike "hangover," which specifically denotes the aftereffects of alcohol, or "indigestion," which broadly refers to digestive discomfort, crapula is the comprehensive penalty for the sin of excess. It is the sour, metallic taste at dawn after a feast, the leaden ache behind the eyes in a room too bright, and the profound, repentant stillness of a body pleading for a truce—the body's blunt memorandum on the limits of pleasure.
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- Sickness or indisposition caused by excessive eating or drinking.“If it be not of long standing, and the griping be tolerable; if the effect of crapulas; if habitual, and the patient feeds well, and suffers no considerable loss of strength; or if it be critica, and proceed from an obstructed perspiration, 'tis seldom dangerous […]”