inebriation

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun habitual intoxication; prolonged and excessive intake of alcoholic drinks leading to a breakdown in health and an addiction to alcohol such that abrupt deprivation leads to severe withdrawal symptoms
noun a temporary state resulting from excessive consumption of alcohol

Learned borrowing from Latin inēbriātiō, inēbriātiōnem (“drunkenness”).

He ground his teeth to master this encroaching inebriation of his will and judgment. — Red Men and White, Owen Wister
They're inebriation, confusion, they rob me All too soon of the joy quiet reflection affords. — Erotica Romana, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
He is gay, open, and witty; his graver conversations steep you in a kind of inebriation. — My Recollections of Lord Byron, Teresa, contessa di Guiccioli

alcoholism, alcohol addiction, drunkenness

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