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dronkennesse

dronkennesse is the obsolete form of drunkenness.

Meaning of drunkenness

Noun

drunkenness (usually uncountable, plural drunkennesses)

  1. (usually) A state of being drunk.
    • But presently the fumes of the wine rising to his head, he became helplessly drunk and his side-muscles and limbs relaxed and he swayed to and fro on my back. When I saw that he had lost his senses for drunkenness, I put my head to his legs and, loosing them from my neck, stooped down well-nigh to...1885, Richard F. Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night

Questions about dronkennesse

What is dronkennesse the obsolete form of?
Dronkennesse is the obsolete form of drunkenness.

Words near dronkennesse in the dictionary

  1. dronish
  2. dronishly
  3. dronishness
  4. dronist
  5. dronists
  6. dronkennesse
  7. dronkgras
  8. dronkgrass
  9. dronkie
  10. dronkies
  11. dronkverdriet

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