Inebriation

  • 1Inebriation — In*e bri*a tion, n. [L. inebriatio.] The condition of being inebriated; intoxication; figuratively, deprivation of sense and judgment by anything that exhilarates, as success. Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster] Preserve him from the inebriation of… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 2inebriation — I noun alcoholism, bacchanalianism, bibulosity, bibulousness, dipsomania, drunkenness, ebrietas, inebriety, influence of liquor, insobriety, intemperance, intoxication, potation associated concepts: driving while intoxicated, drunken driving,… …

    Law dictionary

  • 3Inebriation — Inebriation, lat. deutsch, Berauschung; inebriiren, berauschen; bethören …

    Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • 4inebriation — (n.) 1520s, from L.L. inebriationem (nom. inebriatio), noun of action from pp. stem of inebriare (see INEBRIATE (Cf. inebriate)) …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 5inebriation — inebriate ► VERB ▪ make drunk; intoxicate. ► ADJECTIVE ▪ drunk; intoxicated. DERIVATIVES inebriation noun inebriety noun. ORIGIN Latin inebriare intoxicate …

    English terms dictionary

  • 6inebriation — noun see inebriate I …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 7inebriation — See inebriate. * * * …

    Universalium

  • 8inebriation — noun The state or characteristic of drunkenness. Syn: drunkenness, inebriacy See Also: inebriate, inebriated …

    Wiktionary

  • 9inebriation — Intoxication, especially by alcohol. [see inebriety] * * * in·e·bri·a·tion (in e″bre aґshən) [L. inebriare to make drunk] 1. intoxication with alcohol; see also alcoholism. 2. a state resembling alcoholic intoxication. Called also… …

    Medical dictionary

  • 10inebriation — Synonyms and related words: Dutch courage, a high, befuddlement, besottedness, drunkenness, fuddle, fuddledness, fuddlement, hangover, inebriety, insobriety, intoxication, katzenjammer, morning after, pot valiance, pot valor, sottedness,… …

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