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inebrious, a. rare.|ɪˈniːbrɪəs| Also 5 enebriouse. [f. L. type *inēbriōsus or F. *in-, *enebrieux, after L. ēbriōsus (see ebrious), with prefix in- as in inebriate, etc.] †1. Inebriating, intoxicating. (In quot. 1450 fig.: cf. inebriate v. 2.) Obs.
c1450Mirour Saluacioun 1052 Yt virgine gloriouse Bering this vigne of wyne thus wele enebriouse. a1704T. Brown Wks. (1760) IV. 331 (R.) And with inebrious fumes distract our brains. 2. Inebriated, drunken; addicted to drunkenness.
1837Tait's Mag. IV. 676 Did no inebrious Pontiff stand Hiccupping, to ask for thee..A jovial benedicite? 1862J. C. Jeaffreson Bk. abt. Doctors xxvii. 320 Sailors..retain a decided preference for an inebrious to a sober surgeon. |