The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ebriety \E*bri"e*ty\, n.; pl. Ebrieties. [L. ebrietas, from.
ebrius intoxicated: cf. F. ['e]bri['e]te. Cf. So?er.]
Drunkenness; intoxication by spirituous liquors; inebriety.
``Ruinous ebriety.''
--Cowper.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"state or habit of being intoxicated," early 15c., from Latin ebrietatem (nominative ebrietas) "drunkenness, intoxication," from ebrius "drunk, full, sated with drink," which is of unknown origin. The opposite of sobriety. Related: Ebrious; ebriosity.
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context uncountable English) The state of intoxication, drunkenness. 2 (context obsolete English) An instance of being drunk.
Usage examples of "ebriety".
RIGHT HAPPILY transferred from the vice of avarice to that of ebriety: He that has just eneugh may soundly sleep, The owercome only fashes folk to keep.
RIGHT HAPPILY transferred from the vice of avarice to that of ebriety: He that has just eneugh may soundly sleep, The owercome only fashes folk to keep.