inebriety

inebriety
n
1. drunkenness, intoxication, insobriety, inebriation, intemperance, sottedness, besot-tedness, tipsiness; alcoholism, chronic alcoholism, dipsomania, habitual drunkenness, bibulousness, bibulosity, bibacity, bibaciousness, crapulence, crapulency, crapulousness.
2. drink, drinking, heavy or serious or problem drinking; imbibing, tippling, toping, bibition, biba-tion, bibbing, bibbling, Rare. bibbery, Inf. boozing, Inf. swilling, Sl. hitting the bottle or booze or sauce, Brit. Si. bevying.

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  • Inebriety — In e*bri e*ty, n. [See {Inebriate}, {Ebriety}.] Drunkenness; inebriation. E. Darwin. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • inebriety — index dipsomania, inebriation Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • inebriety — [in΄ē brī′ə tē] n. drunkenness; intoxication …   English World dictionary

  • inebriety — inebriate ► VERB ▪ make drunk; intoxicate. ► ADJECTIVE ▪ drunk; intoxicated. DERIVATIVES inebriation noun inebriety noun. ORIGIN Latin inebriare intoxicate …   English terms dictionary

  • inebriety — noun Etymology: probably blend of inebriation and ebriety drunkenness Date: 1801 the state of being inebriated ; drunkenness …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • inebriety — /in i bruy i tee/, n. drunkenness; intoxication. [1780 90; IN 2 + obs. ebriety < L ebrietas, equiv. to ebri(us) drunk + etas, var. of ITAS ITY] * * * …   Universalium

  • inebriety — noun The state of being inebriated; inebriation, drunkenness …   Wiktionary

  • inebriety — Habitual indulgence in alcoholic beverages in excessive amounts. [L. in intensive + ebrietas, drunkenness] * * * in·ebri·ety .in i brī ət ē n, pl eties the state of being inebriated esp habitual drunkenness * * * in·e·bri·e·ty (in″ə… …   Medical dictionary

  • inebriety — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. alcoholism, intoxication, insobriety; see drunkenness . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The condition of being intoxicated with alcoholic liquor: crapulence, drunkenness, inebriation, insobriety, intoxication, tipsiness. See …   English dictionary for students

  • inebriety — n. intoxication, drunkenness …   English contemporary dictionary

  • inebriety — n. See inebriation …   New dictionary of synonyms

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