alecy
English edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈeɪlsi/
- Hyphenation: ale‧cy
Noun edit
alecy (uncountable)
- (obsolete) The state of being inebriated from drinking ale or beer; (generally) drunkenness.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:drunkenness
- c. 1590 (date written), [John Lyly], Mother Bombie. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Thomas Creede, for Cuthbert Burby, published 1598, →OCLC, Act IV, scene ii, signature [F4], verso:
- The more aſſe he, if he had arreſted a mare inſtead of an horſe, it had been a ſlight ouerſight, but to arreſt a man that hath no likeneſſe of a horſe, is flat lunacie or alecie.