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insobriety|ɪnsəʊˈbraɪɪtɪ|
[in-3: cf. It. insobrietà (Florio).]
Want of sobriety; intemperance (either in general sense, or spec. in reference to drinking).
1611Florio, Insobrieta, insobrietie, drunkennesse. c1645Howell Lett. (1655) III. xxvi. 38 Their spiritual pride, and insobriety in the search of more knowledge. 1652Gaule Magastrom. 198 If the person of the prophecyer or predictor be noted for idolatry..insobriety, covetousness. a1812Arch. Maclean Disc. (1848) 142 This insobriety made him too high for a servant. 1814W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. XXXVIII. 213 A feeling of affectation, of insobriety, or flutter. |