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drunke

drunke is the obsolete spelling of drunk.

Meaning of drunk

Adjective

drunk (comparative drunker, superlative drunkest)

  1. Intoxicated as a result of excessive alcohol consumption, usually by drinking alcoholic beverages.
    • So I took a great dry gourd and, cutting open the head, scooped out the inside and cleaned it; after which I gathered grapes from a vine which grew hard by and squeezed them into the gourd, till it was full of the juice. Then I stopped up the mouth and set in the sun, where I left it for some days...1885–1888, Richard F[rancis] Burton, transl. and editor, “Night 557”, in A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights’ Entertainments, now Entituled The Book of the Thousand Nights and a...
    Synonyms:
    tipsy, buzzed
  2. (derogatory) Habitually or frequently in a state of intoxication.
    Synonyms:
    boozy, sottish
  3. (usually) Elated or emboldened.
    • Drunk with power, he immediately ordered a management reshuffle.
  4. Drenched or saturated with moisture or liquid.
    • I will make mine arrows drunk with blood.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Deuteronomy 32:42
    Synonyms:
    wet

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Questions about drunke

What is drunke the obsolete spelling of?
Drunke is the obsolete spelling of drunk.

Words near drunke in the dictionary

  1. drunkardliness
  2. drunkardly
  3. drunkardness
  4. drunkardry
  5. drunkards
  6. drunke
  7. drunked
  8. drunked up
  9. drunkedness
  10. drunken
  11. drunken boxing

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