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inebriated

ineb·ria·ted

UK/ɪˈniː.bɹi.eɪ.tɪd/ US/ˌɪˈnɛbriˌeɪtʌd/ uncommon

adjective

1.

stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol)

  • “a noisy crowd of intoxicated sailors”
  • “helplessly inebriated”
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Origin

From Latin inēbriātus, past participle of inēbriō (“intoxicate”) from in- + ēbrius (“drunk, intoxicated”) from Proto-Italic *ēɣʷrios, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ēgʷʰ-ryo-s from root *h₁egʷʰ- (“drink”); whence also ebrious and inebriate.

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