Temulence

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Intoxication, drunkenness, temulency uncountable

    "But the postcard was not invented in England until 1870, so Miss Barrett had no way of curbing her temulence to a dram of postcard-size."

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"But the postcard was not invented in England until 1870, so Miss Barrett had no way of curbing her temulence to a dram of postcard-size."

Etymology

From Latin tēmētum.

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