crapulent

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They invariably come laden with words that seem meant to prove his vocabulary is bigger than yours: flocculent, crapulent, caducous, anaglypta, mephitic, velutinous.

From New York Times

The man, sadder but wiser, yet still diaphanously crapulent, went back to bed.

From Washington Post

One victim is an ex-Special Branch officer, “the crapulent major,” the other is a Vietnamese journalist at a California newspaper.

From New York Times

There were fish shops, cheap Italian restaurants, and the long lines of low houses vanished in crapulent night.

From Project Gutenberg

Adj. gluttonous, greedy; gormandizing &c. v.; edacious†, omnivorous, crapulent†, swinish. avaricious &c.

From Project Gutenberg