inebriation

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin inēbriātiō, inēbriātiōnem (drunkenness).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɪˌniːbɹiˈeɪʃən/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

inebriation (countable and uncountable, plural inebriations)

  1. The state or characteristic of drunkenness.
    Synonyms: drunkenness, inebriacy; see also Thesaurus:drunkenness
    Antonyms: see Thesaurus:drunkenness
    in a state of inebriation
English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₁egʷʰ- (0 c, 19 e)

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References

  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2025), “inebriation”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.