Welcome to another mind-boggling installment of Word Woman's Weekly Workout! Expanding your vocabulary is a great way to keep that gray matter in shape, so let's get warmed up with the word of the week:
Crapulous : (krap-yewl-us) [adjective] Indulging in excessive eating and drinking or suffering from the effects of excessive eating and drinking. -- "The New York Times Everyday Reader's Dictionary of Misunderstood, Misused, Mispronounced Words", Laurence Urdang, ed., The New York Times Book Company, 1972.
Example: The holiday season is by far the most crapulous time of year for most people, with big family meals and seasonal baking often leading to indigestion and unwanted weight gain.
(Crapulous is one of those words that sounds like it should be a euphemism for something more sinister, but in reality is actually quite innocuous.)
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