What does Crapulence mean? 1 archaic : sickness occasioned by intemperance (as in food or drink) 2 : great intemperance especially in drinking.
n. Sickness caused by excessive eating or drinking . Excessive indulgence; intemperance.
Definition of griffonage
: careless handwriting : a crude or illegible scrawl.
Definition of intemperance
: lack of moderation especially : habitual or excessive drinking of intoxicants.
wamble. noun. Definition of wamble (Entry 2 of 2) 1 : a wambling especially of the stomach . 2 : a reeling or staggering gait or movement.
Definition of agelast
: a person who never laughs And in the Essay on Comedy he did at least remind us that in scholarship and in literature, or indeed in any of the circumstances of our mortal careers, the final word should not be with the agelast, the one who never laughs.—
noun. a fool or simpleton ; ninny.
Noun. fopdoodle (plural fopdoodles) (obsolete) A stupid person; a fool, a simpleton .
(UK, dialect) To stammer . to flap, like a flag.
The part of the back (or backbone) between the shoulder blades and the loins which an animal cannot reach to scratch ; the part of the human back between the shoulder blades.
10. Pentapopemptic. Definition: A person who has been divorced five times .
The opposite of intemperance is moderation . The Latin root word, intemperantia, means “immoderation or excess,” and was originally used in English to describe the weather. Definitions of intemperance. excess in action and immoderate indulgence of bodily appetites, especially in passion or indulgence.
Overmorrow: on the day after tomorrow .
Why: Overmorrow was in Middle English but fell out of the language. So instead of having this word, we have the wordy “day after tomorrow.” German still has this very useful word: übermorgen.
Definition of biblioklept
: one who steals books .
A spoilsport is a person who ruins other people’s fun . You know: the girl shushing everyone at a sleepover party, the kid who refuses to play when it comes their turn to be “it.” Back before it meant organized athletics, sport meant games or joking. Instead of making fun of someone, you’d be “making sport” of them.
Noun. scobberlotcher (plural scobberlotchers) An idle person .
Noun. jobbernowl (plural jobbernowls) A person’s head, particularly if misshapen or blocky . quotations ▼ A stupid person; a blockhead: quotations ▼
Noun. faff (plural faffs) (Britain, slang) An overcomplicated task, especially one perceived as a waste of time . quotations ▼synonym ▲ Synonyms: see Thesaurus:nuisance.
Definition of intemperance
: lack of moderation especially : habitual or excessive drinking of intoxicants.
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noun. the day after tomorrow : I’ve heard that tomorrow and overmorrow may bring exceptionally high waves. adverb.
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