单词 | overdrunk |
释义 | overdrunkadj. Of a person: having drunk more alcohol than is acceptable or advisable; excessively drunk. ΚΠ eOE King Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care (Hatton) (1871) xlix. 381 Swa hwa swa oðerne drencð, he wirð self oferdruncen. lOE King Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Bodl.) xxiv. 55 Swa swa oferdruncen man wat þæt he sceolde to his huse & to his ræste, & ne mæg þeah ðider aredian. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 78 It fareþ in hem þat ben ouer dronke [L. in nimis inebriatis]..þe scharpe smoke of wyne stikeþ & prickeþ þe synowys of felinge. 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. ii. 405 Noah..One-day..making merry, drinking, ouer-drunke. 1877 Appletons' Jrnl. Apr. 337/1 The others seconded the last speaker; and, restraining the ardor of their overdrunk comrade, they disappeared in the darkness. 1961 W. S. Davis Day in Old Rome xv. 297 [Jallius] mocked at Hadrian's pretentions as an art critic..while over-drunk at a dinner party. 1996 J. Updike In Beauty of Lilies 465 She had felt sorry for these media people; they looked so exasperated and weary, so underfed and overdrunk. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.eOE |
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