† drunknessn.
Obsolete.
= drunkenness n.
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drunkennessc893
drunkenc950
drunknessc1160
drunkenheada1300
drunkhead1340
drunkelewnessa1387
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ebriety1582
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perpotation1623
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pot-shot1630
ebriosity1646
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fluster1710
temulentness1727
fuddle1764
inebriety1801
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c1160 Hatton Gosp. Luke xxi. 34 Mid druncenesse.
c1175 Lamb. Hom. 33 Ȝe nulleð forleten..ȝifernesse and druncnesse.
c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale ⁋748 Dronkenesse that is the horrible sepulture of mannes reson.
1530 J. Rastell New Bk. Purgatory ii. xvi. sig. d4 Ouercome by sykenes or by dronknes.
1650 H. Vaughan Silex Scintillans 64 He bids beware Of drunknes, surfeits, Care.
1701 D. Defoe True-born Englishman ii. 32 Drunk'ness has been the Darling of the Realm, E're since a Drunken Pilot had the Helm.
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