plethorick

He ate and drank till he found himself plethorick; and then, resolving to ease himself by evacuation, he wrote to an apothecary in the neighbourhood a prescription of a purge so forcible, that the apothecary thought it his duty to delay it, till he had given notice of its danger.

Lives of the Poets, Volume 1 Samuel Johnson 1746

He eat and drank till he found himfdf plethorick: and, then re£Qlving to eafe himfelf by evacuaticn, he wrote to an apothecary in the neighbourhood a prcfcription of a purgp fo forcible, that the apothecary thought it his duty to delay it till he liad given notice of its danger.

The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Together with His Life, and Notes on His Lives of the Poets 1787