inebriousadj.
/ɪˈniːbrɪəs/ rare.† 1. Inebriating, intoxicating. (In quot. c1450 figurative: cf. inebriate v. 2) Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > excitement > extravagant or rapturous excitement > [adjective] > causing
inebriousc1450
intoxicating1606
heady1669
head-turning1803
inebriating1806
musky1858
intoxicant1861
the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > types or qualities of intoxicating liquor > [adjective] > strong
strongeOE
stalec1300
mainc1400
nappyc1460
starkc1485
nase?1536
huff-cap1599
nippitatum1600
intoxicating1604
inebriating1610
distempering1613–18
inebriative1615
toxing1635
hogen mogen1653
napping1654
humming1675
hard1700
inebriousa1704
ebrietating1711
bead-proof1753
steeve1801
high-proof1810
pithy1812
stiff1813
inebriant1828
reverent1837
a little more north1864
ebriating1872
rorty1950
c1450 Mirour Saluacioun 1052 Yt virgine gloriouse Bering this vigne of wyne thus wele enebriouse.
a1704 T. Brown Wonder of Wonders in Wks. (1730) IV. 33 And with inebrious Fumes distract our Brains.
2. Inebriated, drunken; addicted to drunkenness.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [adjective] > drunk
fordrunkenc897
drunkena1050
cup-shottenc1330
drunka1400
inebriate1497
overseenc1500
liquor1509
fou1535
nase?1536
full1554
intoxicate1554
tippled1564
intoxicated1576
pepst1577
overflown1579
whip-cat1582
pottical1586
cup-shota1593
fox-drunk1592
lion-drunk1592
nappy1592
sack-sopped1593
in drink1598
disguiseda1600
drink-drowned1600
daggeda1605
pot-shotten1604
tap-shackled1604
high1607
bumpsy1611
foxed1611
in one's cups1611
liquored1611
love-pot1611
pot-sick1611
whift1611
owl-eyed1613
fapa1616
hota1616
inebriated1615
reeling ripea1616
in one's (or the) pots1618
scratched1622
high-flown?1624
pot-shot1627
temulentive1628
ebrious1629
temulent1629
jug-bitten1630
pot-shaken1630
toxed1635
bene-bowsiea1637
swilled1637
paid1638
soaken1651
temulentious1652
flagonal1653
fuddled1656
cut1673
nazzy1673
concerned1678
whittled1694
suckey1699
well-oiled1701
tippeda1708
tow-row1709
wet1709
swash1711
strut1718
cocked1737
cockeyed1737
jagged1737
moon-eyed1737
rocky1737
soaked1737
soft1737
stewed1737
stiff1737
muckibus1756
groggy1770
muzzeda1788
muzzya1795
slewed1801
lumpy1810
lushy1811
pissed1812
blue1813
lush1819
malty1819
sprung1821
three sheets in the wind1821
obfuscated1822
moppy1823
ripe1823
mixed1825
queer1826
rosined1828
shot in the neck1830
tight1830
rummy1834
inebrious1837
mizzled1840
obflisticated1840
grogged1842
pickled1842
swizzled1843
hit under the wing1844
obfusticatedc1844
ebriate1847
pixilated1848
boozed1850
ploughed1853
squiffy?1855
buffy1858
elephant trunk1859
scammered1859
gassed1863
fly-blown1864
rotten1864
shot1864
ebriose1871
shicker1872
parlatic1877
miraculous1879
under the influence1879
ginned1881
shickered1883
boiled1886
mosy1887
to be loaded for bear(s)1888
squiffeda1890
loaded1890
oversparred1890
sozzled1892
tanked1893
orey-eyed1895
up the (also a) pole1897
woozy1897
toxic1899
polluted1900
lit-up1902
on (also upon) one's ear1903
pie-eyed1903
pifflicated1905
piped1906
spiflicated1906
jingled1908
skimished1908
tin hat1909
canned1910
pipped1911
lit1912
peloothered1914
molo1916
shick1916
zigzag1916
blotto1917
oiled-up1918
stung1919
stunned1919
bottled1922
potted1922
rotto1922
puggled1923
puggle1925
fried1926
crocked1927
fluthered1927
lubricated1927
whiffled1927
liquefied1928
steamed1929
mirackc1930
overshot1931
swacked1932
looped1934
stocious1937
whistled1938
sauced1939
mashed1942
plonked1943
stone1945
juiced1946
buzzed1952
jazzed1955
schnockered1955
honkers1957
skunked1958
bombed1959
zonked1959
bevvied1960
mokus1960
snockered1961
plotzed1962
over the limit1966
the worse for wear1966
wasted1968
wired1970
zoned1971
blasted1972
Brahms and Liszt?1972
funked up1976
trousered1977
motherless1980
tired and emotional1981
ratted1982
rat-arsed1984
wazzed1990
mullered1993
twatted1993
bollocksed1994
lashed1996
1837 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 4 676 Did no inebrious Pontiff stand Hiccupping, to ask for thee..A jovial benedicite?
1862 J. C. Jeaffreson Bk. about Doctors xxvii. 320 Sailors..retain a decided preference for an inebrious to a sober surgeon.
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