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Definition of Insobriety
1. Noun. A temporary state resulting from excessive consumption of alcohol.
Generic synonyms: Temporary State
Specialized synonyms: Grogginess, Sottishness
Derivative terms: Drunken, Inebriate, Inebriate, Intoxicate, Intoxicate, Tipsy
Antonyms: Soberness
Definition of Insobriety
1. n. Want of sobriety, moderation, or calmness; intemperance; drunkenness.
Definition of Insobriety
1. Noun. (humorous or humorous) The state of being drunk; a lack of sobriety. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Insobriety
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Insobriety
Literary usage of Insobriety
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Control of the Drink Trade: A Contribution to National Efficiency, 1915-1917 by Henry Carter (1918)
"THERE is no single, sufficient and unchallengeable standard by which to measure
the insobriety of any given period. In the attempt, on which we now embark, ..."
2. "Cape Times" Law Reports: A Record of Every Matter Disposed of in the by Cape of Good Hope (South Africa). Supreme Court (1905)
"He denied the charges of insobriety. ... She had left plaintiff on previous
occasions, on account of his insobriety. She declined to return to him on ..."
3. The Suffragette: The History of the Women's Militant Suffrage Movement, 1905 by Estelle Sylvia Pankhurst (1911)
"During the ten days of intense tension in canvassing and speaking, there was
literally no insobriety. . . . The charges at the police station fell much ..."
4. Fraser's Magazine by Thomas Carlyle (1844)
"This insobriety is the cause of all the distress. Would you believe it, but it
is the hardest work that the stewards have to make the peasantry sow their ..."
5. Cases on Torts: Selected and Arranged for the Use of Law Students in by Francis Marion Burdick (1905)
"... insobriety. His co-servant sought to screen his fault from discovery, and to
prevent his discharge from the ship. Lnder such a state of facts, ..."
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