Ebriety

//ɪˈbɹaɪ.ɪt.i// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The state of intoxication, drunkenness. uncountable

    "God's touches, the wounds of his spear, references to ebriety and to nuptial union have to figure in the phraseology by which [a mystical state] is shadowed forth."

  2. 2
    An instance of being drunk. countable, obsolete

Synonyms

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intoxication

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"God's touches, the wounds of his spear, references to ebriety and to nuptial union have to figure in the phraseology by which [a mystical state] is shadowed forth."

Etymology

From French ébriété (“drunkenness”), from Latin ēbrietātem, from ēbrius (“drunk”).

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