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单词 methysis
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methysisn.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek μέθυσις.
Etymology: < ancient Greek μέθυσις drunkenness < μεθύειν to be drunk ( < μέθυ wine: see mead n.1) + -σις -sis suffix. N.E.D. (1906) gives the pronunciation as (me·þisis) /ˈmɛθɪsɪs/.
Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
Addiction to intoxicating drinks; habitual drunkenness.
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1857 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Methysis, term for drunkenness, ebriety, or intoxication by stimulating drinks.
1890 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Methysis, drunkenness; intoxication by stimulating drinks.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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