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drunkennesses

drunkennesses is the plural 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 drunkennesses

What is drunkennesses the plural of?
Drunkennesses is the plural of drunkenness.

Words near drunkennesses in the dictionary

  1. drunkened
  2. drunkening
  3. drunkenly
  4. drunkenness
  5. drunkennesse
  6. drunkennesses
  7. drunkens
  8. drunkenship
  9. drunkensome
  10. drunker
  11. drunker than a skunk

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