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inebriety|ɪnɪˈbraɪɪtɪ| [f. in-2 + ebriety (L. ēbrietās), after inebriate, etc.] The state or habit of being inebriated; drunkenness, intoxication, inebriation; now chiefly applied to habitual drunkenness, esp. when regarded as a disease.
1801Med. Jrnl. V. 99 Driven to the slower suicide of habitual inebriety. 1817Lady Morgan France I. 68 (Jod.) In the desperation of poverty and inebriety. 1826Disraeli Viv. Grey vi. i, How ludicrous is the incipient inebriety of a man who wears spectacles! 1860Dickens Uncomm. Trav. x, His mistress was sometimes overtaken by inebriety. 1893Arena Mar. 452 Inebriety is a disease of the nervous system, just like epilepsy, chorea, or insanity. b. fig.: cf. inebriation b.
1786tr. Beckford's Vathek (1868) 59 In the inebriety of youthful spirits. 1829I. Taylor Enthus. ix. 233 An habitual inebriety of the imagination. |