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† ˈdrunkness Obs.
Also 2–5 drunkenesse.
[Early ME. druncenesse, for druncennesse: the e of the second syllable becoming at length mute.]
= drunkenness.
c1160Hatton Gosp. Luke xxi. 34 Mid druncenesse. c1175Lamb. Hom. 33 Ȝe nulleð forleten..ȝifernesse and druncnesse. c1386Chaucer Pars. T. ⁋748 Dronkenesse that is the horrible sepulture of mannes reson. 1530Rastell Bk. Purgat. ii. xvi, Over come by sykenes or by dronknes. 1655H. Vaughan Silex Scint., Check iv. (1858) 85 He bids beware of drunknes, surfeits, care. 1701De Foe True-born Eng. ii. 100 Drunk'ness has been the Darling of the Realm, E'er since a Drunken Pilot had the Helm. |