1. sickness or discomfort caused by excessive eating or drinking
Usage: formal; somewhat archaic
2. drunkenness or the state of being drunk
Usage: archaic; literary

Examples

• After the holiday feast, he suffered from crapulence and regretted his overindulgence.
• The morning after the celebration brought on a terrible crapulence that lasted all day.
• Medieval physicians often warned against crapulence as a cause of illness.
• His crapulence was evident in his sluggish movements and pale complexion.
• The doctor attributed his ailments to years of crapulence and poor dietary habits.
• She woke with a headache, a clear sign of the previous night's crapulence.