different between indisposition vs crapula

English

Etymology

From Middle English indisposicioun, from Middle French indisposicion.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?n?d?sp??z???n/

Noun

indisposition (countable and uncountable, plural indispositions)

1. A mild illness, the state of being indisposed.
   • 1751, Henry Fielding, Amelia, Book 3, Chapter 7,^[1]

     I was scarce sooner recovered from my indisposition than Amelia herself fell ill.

   • 1817, Jane Austen, Persuasion, Chapter 23,^[2]

     She began not to understand a word they said, and was obliged to plead indisposition and excuse herself.
2. A state of not being disposed to do something; disinclination; unwillingness.
   • 1989, Thomas Robert Malthus, John Pullen, Principles of Political Economy (volume 2, page 435)

     He argued that the progress of wealth could be impeded not only by an indisposition to produce, but also by an indisposition to consume […]

3. A bad mood or disposition.
   • 1597, Francis Bacon, Essays

     Doth any man doubt, that if there were taken out of men's minds, vain opinions, flattering hopes, false valuations, imaginations as one would, and the like, but it would leave the minds, of a number of men, poor shrunken things, full of melancholy and indisposition, and unpleasing to themselves?

Translations

English

Etymology

From Latin cr?pula (“intoxication”), from Ancient Greek ???????? (kraipál?, “intoxication, hangover”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?apj?l?/

Noun

crapula (countable and uncountable, plural crapulas)

1. (obsolete or literary) Sickness or indisposition caused by excessive eating or drinking.

Related terms

Translations

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kra.pu.la/
• Rhymes: -apula
• Hyphenation: crà?pu?la

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin cr?pula (“excessive drinking”), from Ancient Greek ???????? (kraipál?).

Noun

crapula f (plural crapule)

1. (literary) Excessive eating and drinking; gluttony

   Synonym: gozzoviglia

Derived terms

• crapulone

Related terms

• crapulare
• crapuloso

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

crapula

1. third-person singular present indicative of crapulare

References

• crapula in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Etymology

Ancient Greek ???????? (kraipál?, “intoxication, hangover”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?kra?.pu.la/, [?k?ä?p???ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?kra.pu.la/, [?k???pul?]

Noun

cr?pula f (genitive cr?pulae); first declension

1. excessive drinking, drunkenness, inebriation, intoxication

Declension

First-declension noun.

Descendants

• English: crapula
• French: crapule
• Finnish: krapula
• Italian: crapula
• Portuguese: crápula
• Romanian: crapulare
• Spanish: crápula

References

• crapula in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• crapula in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• crapula in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• crapula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette