Ebriety

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ɪˈbɹaɪɪti/

Origin

From French ébriété ("drunkenness"), from Latin ēbrietātem, from ēbrius ("drunk").

Full definition of ebriety

Noun

1. (uncountable) The state of intoxication, drunkenness.
• 1902, William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience, Folio Society 2008, p. 351:God's touches, the wounds of his spear, references to ebriety and to nuptial union have to figure in the phraseology by which mystical state is shadowed forth.
2. (obsolete) An instance of being drunk.