inebrious

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English

Adjective

inebrious (comparative more inebrious, superlative most inebrious)

  1. (archaic) intoxicated; drunk
  2. (archaic) intoxicating
    • a. 1704, Thomas Brown, “The Wonder of Wonders; or, a rich Vintner, and no Cuckold”, in The Remains of Mr. Thomas Brown, published 1720, page 297:
      Such that with scorching Fevers fill our Veins,
      And with inebrious Fumes distract our Brains.

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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for inebrious”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)