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† ˈdrunkelew, ˈdrunklew, a. (n.) Obs.
Forms: 4 drunkenlew, 4–6 drunkelew(e, 4–5 dronkelew(e, -leuh, 5 -lowe; 5 drunk-, dronklew, 6 dronkleu.
[f. drunken + -lewe: cf. ME. costlewe and siklewe.]
A. adj. Given to drunkenness, drunken.
1362Langl. P. Pl. A. ix. 75 Ho..is not dronkeleuh ne deynous Dowel him foleweþ [B. dronkenlew, dronkelew; C. dronkelewe]. 1382Wyclif Matt. xxiv. 49 Ȝif he ete and drynke with drunkenlewe [1388 drunken] men. ― Ecclus. xxvi. 11 A drunkelew womman. 1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. v. ii. (1495) 104 Also heedache comyth..as it happyth in dronklew men. c1450Bk. Hawkyng in Rel. Ant. I. 298 Loke that thu be not dronkelowe. 1519W. Horman Vulg. 62 The foule dishoneste of them that be dronkleu. 1532More Confut. Tindale Wks. 824/2 If he..be..dronkelew, or rauenous, wyth suche folke doe not so muche as eate.
B. n. Drunkenness.
c1430Lydg. Min. Poems (Percy Soc.) 68 Voyde al drunklew. c1450[see drunkelec]. 1496Bk. St. Albans, Her. (1810) F iv, To be full of drynkynge & dronklewe.
Hence † ˈdrunkelewness, drunkenness.
1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) II. 173 Þey woneþ hem to dronkelewnesse. 1480Caxton Descr. Brit. 38 For as moche as they vse them to dronkelewnes. |