noun. In mech., unsteadiness, crookedness, or inequality of pitch in a screw, such that the nut either wabbles or does not advance at a constant speed.

noun. The state of being drunk, or overpowered by intoxicants; the habit of indulging in intoxicants; intoxication; inebriation.

noun. Disorder of the faculties resembling intoxication; intense excitement; frenzy; rage.

noun. The state of being drunken with, or as with, alcoholic liquor; intoxication; inebriety; -- used of the casual state or the habit.

noun. Disorder of the faculties, resembling intoxication by liquors; inflammation; frenzy; rage.

noun. A state of being drunk

noun. habitual intoxication; prolonged and excessive intake of alcoholic drinks leading to a breakdown in health and an addiction to alcohol such that abrupt deprivation leads to severe withdrawal symptoms

noun. the act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess

noun. a temporary state resulting from excessive consumption of alcohol

"Children are begotten in drunkenness, saturated in drink before they draw their first breath, born to the smell and taste of it, and brought up in the midst of it."

sleep drunkenness  

drunk  drunken  

drug addiction  white plague  

adultery  avarice  carelessness  cruelty  debauchery  

Dutch courage  a high  alcoholism  befuddlement  besottedness