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ebriety|ɪˈbraɪɪtɪ|
[ad. F. ébriété, f. L. ēbrietāt-em, f. ēbrius drunk.]
1. The state or habit of being intoxicated, drunkenness. † Also pl. instances of intoxication.
1582N.T. (Rhem.) Gal. v. 21 The workes of the flesh..are, fornication..ebrieties, commessations, and such like. 1614T. Adams Devil's Banq. 42 The Satietie of Epicurisme, the gallantnesse of Ebrietie. 1670Maynwaring Vita Sana vi. 73 Ebriety may properly be said to be a Disease or sickness. 1758Monthly Rev. 185 Some under the most extreme exigencies of poverty, will indulge in ebriety. 1785W. F. Martyn Geog. Mag. II. 144 His father's unconquerable ebriety. 1859Jephson Brittany xvi. 273 Our guide to the garrulity of age added that of partial ebriety.
2. fig. Excitement, an excited condition.
1751Johnson Rambl. No. 167 ⁋6, The ebriety of constant amusement. |