drunken en · ADJ · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ˈdɹʌŋkən/
- (US) audio
Etymology
From Middle English drunken, ydronken, idrunken, from Old English druncen, ġedruncen (“drunk; drunken”), from Proto-Germanic *drunkanaz (“drunken”), past participle of Proto-Germanic *drinkaną (“to drink”), equivalent to drink + -en. Cognate with West Frisian dronken (“drunk; drunken”), Dutch dronken (“drunk; drunken”), German betrunken (“drunk; drunken”), Swedish drucken (“drunk; drunken”).
Meanings
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Drunk, in the state of intoxication after having drunk an alcoholic beverage.
I ask now to put faces to those names and remove all doubt that the songs I've heard sung in your honor were not a drunken bard's attempt to make a few extra coins. This mission is dire and the reward shall fit you well.[…]
2014 December 23, Dallas S. Paskell, Medieval, Author House, →ISBN, page 389:What shall we do with a drunken sailor? […] / Put him in the longboat and make him bail her / Early in the morning.
a. 1830, Drunken Sailor (traditional sea shanty)
- (derogatory) Given to habitual excessive use of alcohol.
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Characterized by or resulting from drunkenness.
Surviving pictures of the accident show the two locomotives leaning at drunken angles, still covered with flags and evergreens—a mixture of comedy and tragedy.
1945 September and October, C. Hamilton Ellis, “Royal Trains—V”, in Railway Magazine, page 252:a drunken display of crude exuberance
- (obsolete) Saturated with liquid.
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(obsolete) Saturated with liquid. ▸ Applied to various spicy stir-fried dishes in Asian cuisine.
drunken noodles; drunken duck; drunken fried rice
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most drunken | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more drunken | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
drunken noodles · drelfie · Drunken Knight Opening · drunkenship · drunkenness · drunken shrimp · drunken words are sober thoughts · drunkendom · undrunken · overdrunken · drunken boxing · drunken forest · drunken trees · drunkensome · nondrunken · drunken chicken · drunkenly · drunken driving
Synonyms
Translations (66)
da beruset (In the state of alcoholic intoxication) · mi haurangi (In the state of alcoholic intoxication) · fr ivre (In the state of alcoholic intoxication) · ja 酔っ払う (In the state of alcoholic intoxication) · bg пиянски (given to habitual excessive use of alcohol) · it ebbro (In the state of alcoholic intoxication) · fi juopotteleva (given to habitual excessive use of alcohol) · hi मदिर (In the state of alcoholic intoxication) · ka ნასვამი (In the state of alcoholic intoxication) · es escabio (In the state of alcoholic intoxication) · cs opilý (In the state of alcoholic intoxication) · es escabiador (given to habitual excessive use of alcohol) · chr ᎤᏴᏍᏕᏓ (In the state of alcoholic intoxication) · ja 酔い (In the state of alcoholic intoxication) · fa سرخوش (In the state of alcoholic intoxication) · bg пиянски (characterized by or resulting from drunkenness) · sv drucken (In the state of alcoholic intoxication) · tr içkili (In the state of alcoholic intoxication) · fi humalainen (In the state of alcoholic intoxication) · tr esrik (In the state of alcoholic intoxication) · pt bêbado (In the state of alcoholic intoxication) · ka დამთვრალი (In the state of alcoholic intoxication) · nl dronken (In the state of alcoholic intoxication) · mi porohaurangi (In the state of alcoholic intoxication) · es ebrio (In the state of alcoholic intoxication) · de betrunken (In the state of alcoholic intoxication) · nl beschonken (In the state of alcoholic intoxication) · nds-de bedrunken (In the state of alcoholic intoxication) · sv full (In the state of alcoholic intoxication) · nl zat (In the state of alcoholic intoxication) · got 𐌳𐍂𐌿𐌲𐌺𐌰𐌽𐍃 (In the state of alcoholic intoxication) · la tēmulentus (In the state of alcoholic intoxication) · fi juopunut (In the state of alcoholic intoxication) · bg пиян (In the state of alcoholic intoxication) · tr sarhoş (In the state of alcoholic intoxication) · la ēbrius (In the state of alcoholic intoxication) · hu részeg (In the state of alcoholic intoxication) · de trunken (In the state of alcoholic intoxication) · ota سرخوش (In the state of alcoholic intoxication) · ga meisciúil (In the state of alcoholic intoxication) · eo ebria (In the state of alcoholic intoxication) · fr saoul (In the state of alcoholic intoxication) · grc μέθυσος (In the state of alcoholic intoxication) · es escabio (characterized by or resulting from drunkenness) · it ubriaco (In the state of alcoholic intoxication) · gv meshtoil (In the state of alcoholic intoxication) · ka მთვრალი (In the state of alcoholic intoxication) · ro îmbătat (In the state of alcoholic intoxication) · ja 酔う (In the state of alcoholic intoxication) · fur bevût (In the state of alcoholic intoxication) · fi humalainen (characterized by or resulting from drunkenness) · ru пья́ный (In the state of alcoholic intoxication) · ro beat (In the state of alcoholic intoxication) · mk пијан (In the state of alcoholic intoxication) · sa प्रमत्त (In the state of alcoholic intoxication) · tr küplü (In the state of alcoholic intoxication) · hu ittas (In the state of alcoholic intoxication) · sa मत्त (In the state of alcoholic intoxication) · pdt bedrunken (In the state of alcoholic intoxication) · ja 酔っ払い (In the state of alcoholic intoxication) · ba иҫерек (In the state of alcoholic intoxication) · da fuld (In the state of alcoholic intoxication) · id mabuk (In the state of alcoholic intoxication) · es borracho (In the state of alcoholic intoxication) · es escabiado (In the state of alcoholic intoxication) · ro băut (In the state of alcoholic intoxication)