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German
Etymology
be- + kneipen
Verb
bekneipen (weak, third-person singular present bekneipt, past tense bekneipte, past participle bekneipt, auxiliary haben)
- (colloquial, dated) to get drunk
1924, Thomas Mann, Der Zauberberg [The Magic Mountain], volume 2, Berlin: S. Fischer, page 555:Vielmehr gemahnte dieser ihn selbst sehr lebhaft an die eigentümlich und unvergeßlich aus Übermut und Nervosität, Wißbegier, Verachtung und Andacht gemischte Verfassung, worin er sich vor Jahren befunden, als er sich, etwas bekneipt, mit Kameraden zum erstenmal angeschickt hatte, ein Mädchenhaus in Sankt Pauli zu besuchen.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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