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inebriated en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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  • /ɪˈniː.bɹi.eɪ.tɪd/
  • ĭ-nēʹbrē-ā-tĭd

Etymology

From Latin inēbriātus, past participle of inēbriō (“intoxicate”) from in- + ēbrius (“drunk, intoxicated”) from Proto-Italic *ēɣʷrios, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ēgʷʰ-ryo-s from root *h₁egʷʰ- (“drink”); whence also ebrious and inebriate.

Meanings

  1. Behaving as though affected by alcohol including exhilaration, and a dumbed or stupefied manner.
    • Manganism has been known about since the 19th century, when miners exposed to ores containing manganese, a silvery metal, began to totter, slur their speech and behave like someone inebriated. 2014 April 21, “Subtle effects”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8884:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
more inebriated Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most inebriated Degree=Sup lexicographic

Deriveds

uninebriated

Synonyms

intoxicated (behaving as though affected by alcohol) · drunk (behaving as though affected by alcohol)

Translations (31)

la ebrius (behaving as though affected by alcohol) · es embriago (behaving as though affected by alcohol) · fi päihtynyt (behaving as though affected by alcohol) · ru нетре́звый (behaving as though affected by alcohol) · hu részeg (behaving as though affected by alcohol) · es escabio (behaving as though affected by alcohol) · nl dronken (behaving as though affected by alcohol) · hu kapatos (behaving as though affected by alcohol) · sa मत्त (behaving as though affected by alcohol) · de betrunken (behaving as though affected by alcohol) · pdt besopen (behaving as though affected by alcohol) · ota سرخوش (behaving as though affected by alcohol) · de beschwipst (behaving as though affected by alcohol) · pdt bedrunken (behaving as though affected by alcohol) · ota مخمور (behaving as though affected by alcohol) · hi मत्त (behaving as though affected by alcohol) · de alkoholisiert (behaving as though affected by alcohol) · es borracho (behaving as though affected by alcohol) · bn মস্ত (behaving as though affected by alcohol) · sv berusad (behaving as though affected by alcohol) · hi मदिर (behaving as though affected by alcohol) · fa مست (behaving as though affected by alcohol) · es ebrio (behaving as though affected by alcohol) · hi शौंड (behaving as though affected by alcohol) · de angeheitert (behaving as though affected by alcohol) · hu becsípett (behaving as though affected by alcohol) · da beruset (behaving as though affected by alcohol) · sa प्रमत्त (behaving as though affected by alcohol) · es escabiado (behaving as though affected by alcohol) · da fuld (behaving as though affected by alcohol) · hu ittas (behaving as though affected by alcohol)

inebriated en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio
  • (Australia) audio
  • /ɪˈniː.bɹi.eɪ.tɪd/
  • ĭ-nēʹbrē-ā-tĭd

Etymology

From Latin inēbriātus, past participle of inēbriō (“intoxicate”) from in- + ēbrius (“drunk, intoxicated”) from Proto-Italic *ēɣʷrios, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ēgʷʰ-ryo-s from root *h₁egʷʰ- (“drink”); whence also ebrious and inebriate.

Meanings

  1. (form-of, participle, past) simple past and past participle of inebriate
    form of inebriate