inebriety

[in-i-brahy-i-tee]

noun

1. drunkenness; intoxication.

Word History and Origins

Origin of inebriety¹

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

Example Sentences

As she thought less of his inebriety, she thought more of his inconstancy and presumption; and with fewer struggles for politeness, replied,

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

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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.

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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.

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

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