inebriety

American  

[in-i-brahy-i-tee] / ˌɪn ɪˈbraɪ ɪ ti /

noun

1. drunkenness; intoxication.

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Etymology

Origin of inebriety

1780–90; in- ² + obsolete ebriety < Latin ēbrietās, equivalent to ēbri ( us ) drunk + -etās, variant of -itās -ity

Example Sentences

Other pioneering doctors created the earliest drug rehabs, then called "inebriety clinics."

From Salon

Furthermore, the accustoming young children to doses of alcohol, or the unborn young to alcohol through the body of a drunken mother, may be strongly contributory toward establishing inebriety in certain cases.

From Project Gutenberg

Old Dutch's establishment was more of a beer garden than a common saloon, and responsible for a very small proportion of the inebriety of the County Seat.

From Project Gutenberg

It is not alone as a direct result of inebriety that a defective nervous system is thus transmitted.

From Project Gutenberg

Hundreds of men and women, swollen, bleeding, were wallowing in the gutters, in puddles, on the sidewalks, between piles of debris, in a revolting stupor of inebriety.

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