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drunkedness

drunkedness noun: the state of being drunk; drunkenness.

Noun

drunkedness (uncountable)

  1. (archaic, rare) The state of being drunk; drunkenness.
    • Therefore Christ commands: Look well to yourselves, least perhaps your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkedness. And Saint Paul dehorting us from drunkedness says: Be not drunk with wine wherein is riotousness. Drunkards shall not possess the Kingdom of God.2015 [1554], St Peter Canisius, Catechism of St. Peter Canisius, Lulu.com, page 153
    • In the most familiar types of drunkedness, the manifestations unmistakably belong to the cyclothymic complexes. Less commonly are seen types of so-called pathological drunkedness; delusional type, convulsive type, etc.1931 [1922], United States. Army Medical Service, Army Medical Bulletin, page 42

Origin of drunkedness

From drunked + -ness.

Questions about drunkedness

What does drunkedness mean?
Drunkedness means the state of being drunk; drunkenness.
What part of speech is drunkedness?
Drunkedness is a noun.

Words near drunkedness in the dictionary

  1. drunkardry
  2. drunkards
  3. drunke
  4. drunked
  5. drunked up
  6. drunkedness
  7. drunken
  8. drunken boxing
  9. drunken chicken
  10. drunken driving
  11. Drunken Fist

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