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Definition of Ebriety
1. n. Drunkenness; intoxication by spirituous liquors; inebriety.
Definition of Ebriety
1. Noun. The state of intoxication, drunkenness. ¹
2. Noun. (obsolete) An instance of being drunk. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ebriety
1. drunkenness [n EBRIETIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ebriety
Literary usage of Ebriety
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Southey's Common-place Book by Robert Southey (1851)
"JWW "The Amethyst drives away drunkenness ; for being bound on the navel it
restrains the vapour of the wine, and so dissolves the ebriety. ..."
2. Spinoza and His Environment: A Critical Essay with a Translation of the Ethics by Henry Smith (1886)
"For, by gluttony, ebriety, lust, avarice, and ambition, we understand nothing
else than the immoderate love or desire of feasting, drinking, copulation, ..."
3. Dramatic Miscellanies: Consisting of Critical Observations on Several Plays by Thomas Davies (1784)
"... too often in ebriety. Underhill acted till he was paft eighty. He was fo
excellent in the part ..."
4. History of America Before Columbus: According to Documents and Approved Authors by Peter De Roo (1900)
"... should not wonder if ebriety was a common vice in ancient America. It would
be a tedious and loathsome labor to describe the drunken habits of the ..."
5. A Treatise on the Law Relating to the Execution and Revocation of Wills and by Richard Thomas Walkem, Walkem, Richard Thomas, b. 1840, Ontario (1873)
"... inasmuch as insanity may often be latent, whereas there can scarcely be such
a thing as latent ebriety; and, consequently, in a case like the one under ..."
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