† drunkelewdrunklewadj.n.

Forms: Middle English drunkenlew, Middle English–1500s drunkelew(e, Middle English dronkelew(e, dronkeleuh, Middle English dronkelowe; Middle English drunklew, dronklew, 1500s dronkleu.

Etymology: < drunken n. + -lewe suffix: compare Middle English costlewe and siklewe.

Obsolete.

A. adj.

Given to drunkenness, drunken.

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the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [adjective] > alcoholic or addicted to drinking

drunkensomea1300

drunkelew1362

drunksomec1475

drunken1548

boozing1569

boozy1592

bousy1592

moisty1593

unsober1611

upsy-friesy1617

moist1619

sottish1632

swilling1633

bibacious1663

intemperate1680

swill-bellied1680

swill-down1693

wet1699

potative1737

compotatory1817

alcoholic1845

drinking1856

bibulous1861

on the drink1865

1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. ix. 75 Ho..is not dronkeleuh ne deynous Dowel him foleweþ [B. dronkenlew, dronkelew; C. dronkelewe].

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Ecclus. xxvi. 11 A drunkelew womman.

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Matt. xxiv. 49 Ȝif he ete and drynke with drunkenlewe [a1425 L.V. drunken] men.

1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) v. ii. 104 Also heedache comyth..as it happyth in dronklew men.

c1450 Bk. Hawkyng in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell Reliquiæ Antiquæ (1845) I. 298 Loke that thu be not dronkelowe.

1519 W. Horman Vulgaria vi. f. 62 The foule dishoneste of them that be dronkleu.

1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 824/2 If he..be..dronkelew, or rauenous, wyth suche folke doe not so muche as eate.

†B. n.

Drunkenness.

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the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [noun] > drunkenness

drunkennessc893

drunkenc950

drunknessc1160

drunkenheada1300

drunkhead1340

drunkelewnessa1387

winedrunkennessa1387

drunkship1393

drunkelewc1430

vinolence1430

yverescec1430

drunkenshipc1440

drunkelecc1450

barley-hooda1529

ebriety1582

alecy1594

distemper1600

insobriety1611

disguisea1616

perpotation1623

temulency1623

vinolency1623

intoxication1624

pot-shot1630

ebriosity1646

inebriation1646

Bacchation1656

fluster1710

temulentness1727

fuddle1764

inebriety1801

temulence1803

Lushington1823

fluffiness1860

booziness1863

jag1891

brannigan1892

befuddlement1905

mokus1924

muzzy-headedness1930

pixilation1936

c1430 J. Lydgate Minor Poems (Percy Soc.) 68 Voyde al drunklew.

c1450 J. Myrc Instr. to Par. Priests 31 Dronkelec [v.r. dronkelewe] and glotonye, Pruyde and slouþe and enuye Alle þow moste putten away.

1496 Bk. St. Albans sig. fiij To be full of drynkynge & dronklewe.

Derivatives

† ˈdrunkelewness n. Obsolete drunkenness.

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