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English
Etymology
From ale + -cy.
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Noun
alecy (uncountable)
- (obsolete) The state of being inebriated from drinking ale or beer; (generally) drunkenness.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:drunkenness
c. 1590 (date written), [John Lyly], Mother Bombie. , 2nd edition, London: Thomas Creede, for Cuthbert Burby, published 1598, →OCLC, Act IV, scene ii, signature , verso:The more aſſe he, if he had arreſted a mare inſtead of an horſe, it had been a ſlight ouerſight, but to arreſt a man that hath no likeneſſe of a horſe, is flat lunacie or alecie.
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