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Also Inflected form of drink

drunk

UK/dɹʌŋk/ US/ˈdrʌŋk/ very common
adjective (2) noun (2)

adjective

1.

stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol)

  • “a noisy crowd of intoxicated sailors”
  • “helplessly inebriated”
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2.

as if under the influence of alcohol

  • “felt intoxicated by her success”
  • “drunk with excitement”
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noun

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Origin

From Middle English drunke, drunken, ydrunke, ydrunken, from Old English druncen, ġedruncen (“drunk”), from Proto-Germanic *drunkanaz, *gadrunkanaz (“drunk; drunken”), past participle of Proto-Germanic *drinkaną (“to drink”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian dronken, West Frisian dronken, Dutch dronken, gedronken, German Low German drunken, bedrunken, German trunken, getrunken, betrunken, Swedish drucken, Icelandic drukkinn.

Phrases

  • appeal from Philip drunk to Philip sober
  • blind drunk
  • cheap drunk
  • dead drunk
  • dribbling drunk
  • driving drunk
  • drunk and disorderly
  • drunk as a boiled owl
  • drunk as a cunt
  • dry drunk
  • expensive drunk
  • good drunk

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