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

He was a man of no mean mental acquirements, but passionate and often inflamed by inebriety.

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Could he not fill him up with conflicting alcohols, and see what inebriety would do for him?

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Truly, we should not imagine a state of inebriety the best calculated for acquiring a knowledge of any of the learned languages.

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There we plied them with more whisky, in the hopes of quickly reducing them to a state of complete inebriety.

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Gypsy Nan's accepted inebriety was not without its compensation.

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