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alecie

alecie is the obsolete spelling of alecy.

Meaning of alecy

Noun

alecy (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) The state of being inebriated from drinking ale or beer; (generally) drunkenness.
    • The more Aſſe he, if he had areſted a mare in ſtead of an horſe, it had bin but a ſlight ouerſight, but to areſt a man that hath no lykeneſſe of a horſe, is flatte lunaſie or alecie.c. 1590 (date written), [John Lyly], Mother Bombie. […], London: […] Thomas Scarlet for Cuthbert Burby, published 1594, →OCLC, Act IV, scene ii, signature [G2], verso

Questions about alecie

What is alecie the obsolete spelling of?
Alecie is the obsolete spelling of alecy.

Words near alecie in the dictionary

  1. alebrot
  2. alec
  3. alec sauce
  4. alec sauces
  5. Alecia
  6. alecie
  7. alecied
  8. alecithal
  9. Aleck
  10. aleconner
  11. aleconners

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