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,

From Literature

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 our observation that beer drinking in this country produces the very lowest kind of inebriety, closely allied to criminal insanity.

From Project Gutenberg