inebriate

English

Etymology

From Latin inēbriō, inēbriāre, from ēbrius (“drunk”).

Pronunciation

• (noun, adjective) IPA^(key): /ɪˈniːbɹiət/

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• IPA^(key): (verb) /ɪˈniːbɹieɪt/

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Noun

inebriate (plural inebriates)

1. A person who is intoxicated, especially one who is habitually drunk.
   • 1889, Horatio Alger, chapter 18, in Driven From Home:

     As he walked along, the inebriate, whose gait was at first unsteady, recovered his equilibrium and required less help.

Synonyms

• drunkard; See also Thesaurus:drunkard

Translations

habitually drunk

Bulgarian: пияница (bg) m (pijanica) Czech: opilec (cs) m French: ivrogne (fr) German: Trinker (de) m, Alkoholiker (de) m, Betrunkener (de) m, Trunksüchtiger m

Verb

inebriate (third-person singular simple present inebriates, present participle inebriating, simple past and past participle inebriated)

1. (transitive) To cause to be drunk; to intoxicate.
2. (transitive, figurative) To disorder the senses of; to exhilarate, elate or stupefy as if by spirituous drink.
   • 1841, Thomas Macaulay, Comic Dramatists of the Restoration (printed in Edinburgh Review, January 1841)

     the inebriating effect of popular applause

3. (intransitive) To become drunk.
   • 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:

     fish that come from the Euxine Sea ; that when they come into the fresh water , do inebriate and turn up their bellies , so as you may take them with your hand

Synonyms

• intoxicate

Derived terms

• inebriacy
• inebriant
• inebriation
• inebriative
• inebriety
• inebriism
• inebrious

Related terms

English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₁egʷʰ- (0 c, 19 e)

Translations

to cause to be drunk; to intoxicate — see also drunken

Bulgarian: напивам (bg) (napivam) Czech: opít (cs) pf French: saouler (fr), soûler (fr), souler (fr), enivrer (fr) Georgian: ათრობს (atrobs) German: betrunken machen, Trunkenheit verursachen, berauschen (de) Portuguese: embriagar (pt) Russian: опьянять (ru) (opʹjanjatʹ) Spanish: embriagar (es), inebriar (es) (rare)

fill with sublime emotion

Bulgarian: опиянявам (bg) (opijanjavam) French: enivrer (fr) German: berauschen (de) Korean: 잔뜩 취하다 (jantteuk chwihada), 곤드레만드레 취하다 (gondeuremandeure chwihada)

to become drunk

Bulgarian: напивам се (napivam se) Czech: opít se pf Dutch: zich bezatten, zich bedrinken French: se saouler (fr), se soûler (fr), se souler (fr), s'enivrer (fr), se bourrer (fr) Georgian: თვრება (tvreba) German: betrunken werden, sich betrinken Portuguese: embriagar-se Russian: напиваться (ru) (napivatʹsja) Spanish: inebriarse (es) (rare), embriagarse (es)

Adjective

inebriate (comparative more inebriate, superlative most inebriate)

1. intoxicated; drunk
   • 1894, Victorian Year-book - Volume 20, Part 2, page 355:

     Victoria, on the other hand, has apparently become more inebriate, as, according to the figures, arrests for drunkenness within her boundaries, in proportion to the population, increased from 12 per 1,000 in 1880 to 16½ in 1890 and nearly 16 in 1891; but even the latter proportions were still lower than in New South Wales during the same periods.

   • 1894, Norman Kerr, Inebriety; Or, Narcomania;, page 608:

     At 30 he was inebriate, with a drink period of twelve or fifteen days.

   • 2019, Onaly A. Kapasi, Tectonic Dyssynchrony:

     Karim found Sudhir disgusting when he was inebriate, as he was totally unpredictable and thoroughly inappropriate, albeit abusive and condescending; truly a rear-end of a donkey.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:drunk

Translations

intoxicated, drunk

German: berauscht (de)