Inebriated
//ɪˈniː.bɹi.eɪ.tɪd// adj, verb
adj, verb ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 simple past and past participle of inebriate form-of, participle, past
Adjective
- 1 Behaving as though affected by alcohol including exhilaration, and a dumbed or stupefied manner.
"Manganism has been known about since the 19th century, when miners exposed to ores containing manganese, a silvery metal, began to totter, slur their speech and behave like someone inebriated."
Adjective
- 1 stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol) wordnet
Antonyms
All antonymsExample
More examples"Gnatho was a glutton whose whole science consisted in eating to excess, drinking till he was inebriated, and satisfying his evil vices after he had indulged in the cup."
Etymology
From Latin inēbriātus, past participle of inēbriō (“intoxicate”) from in- + ēbrius (“drunk, intoxicated”) from Proto-Italic *ēɣʷrjos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ēgʷʰ-ryo-s from root *h₁egʷʰ- (“drink”); whence also ebrious and inebriate.
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