temulencyn.
/ˈtɛmjʊlənsi/ Now rare.
Drunkenness, inebriety.
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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
1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Temulencie, drunkennesse.
a1640 T. Jackson Exact Coll. Wks. (1654) 3018 Without impeachment to his sobriety, or censure of temulency.
1732 J. Arbuthnot Pract. Rules of Diet i. 260 Us'd in great Quantities it will produce Temulency, or Drunkenness.
1853 C. D. Badham Prose Halieutics (1854) 525 The vigorous lines in which Crabbe depicts the progress of temulency amongst a club of topers.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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