Ebriety

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Drunkenness; intoxication by spirituous liquors; derangement of the mental functions caused by drink.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Drunkenness; intoxication by spirituous liquors; inebriety.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The state of intoxication, drunkenness.
  • noun. An instance of being drunk.
  • Word Usage
    "But the Nubian had the advantage of a mirror from the brilliant reflection which the surface of the highly-polished shield now afforded, by means of which he beheld, to his alarm and surprise, that the marabout raised his head gently from the ground, so as to survey all around him, moving with a well-adjusted precaution which seemed entirely inconsistent with a state of ebriety."
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