inebriety
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
inebriety (countable and uncountable, plural inebrieties)
- The state of being inebriated; inebriation, drunkenness.
- 1767, Hugh Kelly, The Babler, volume 2, number 67, page 7:
- It is a just observation of a very celebrated author, that in proportion as every country is barbarous, it is addicted to inebriety. Were the people of England to be judged of by this standard, it is much to be feared, that our national character would be none of the most amiable.
- 1815 December (indicated as 1816), [Jane Austen], chapter 15, in Emma: […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] [Charles Roworth and James Moyes] for John Murray, →OCLC:
- As she thought less of his inebriety, she thought more of his inconstancy and presumption […]
- 1846, Herman Melville, chapter 2, in Typee[1]:
- Our ship was now wholly given up to every species of riot and debauchery. The grossest licentiousness and the most shameful inebriety prevailed, with occasional and but short-lived interruptions, through the whole period of her stay.
- 1885, Henry Taylor, chapter 3, in Autobiography[2], volume 1, London: Longmans, Green & Co, page 44:
- Generally, as I have said, my inebrieties were nocturnal only, and the day paid the penalty of the night’s excess.
References edit
- Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.