insobriety

[ in-suh-brahy-i-tee ]

noun

1. lack of sobriety or moderation; intemperance; drunkenness.

insobriety

/ ˌɪnsəʊˈbraɪɪtɪ /

noun

1. lack of sobriety; intemperance

Word History and Origins

Origin of insobriety¹

First recorded in 1605–15; in- ³ + sobriety

Example Sentences

There are claims and counterclaims, accusations of jealousy, insobriety, fake social media accounts.

From BBC

He also doesn’t fully reconcile Maclean’s near-constant insobriety with his talent for both his taxing jobs.

From Washington Post

Had he the foresight to make himself the colorful and combative public figure Jonson was — jailed several times, famed for insobriety, sometime friend and sometime foe of the mighty names of his age — we would not be plagued by the rankling theories of the Oxfordians that still clamor today.

From New York Times

Insobriety, in-so-brī′e-ti, n. want of sobriety.

From Project Gutenberg

The actor grew moody, splenetic, and gave way to insobriety.

From Project Gutenberg