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- Dictionaryebrious/ˈiːbrɪəs/
adjective
- 1. drunken or intoxicated: rare "those young sots with the ebrious faces"
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Jan 8, 2023 · ebrious (comparative more ebrious, superlative most ebrious) (obsolete) Having a tendency towards alcohol abuse. Drunk, tipsy. Similar to that of a drunk. When the patient entered the consultation room, the neurologist immediately noted his ebrious step, and suspected a lesion of the cerebellum.
Ebrious synonyms, Ebrious pronunciation, Ebrious translation, English dictionary definition of Ebrious. Ebrious. Translations. German / Deutsch: betrunken.
There are two meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective ebrious. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
ebrious adjective. Similar to that of a drunk. When the patient entered the consultation room, the neurologist immediately noted his ebrious step, and suspected a lesion of the cerebellum. Etymology: From ebrius, drunk.
adjective. Having a tendency towards alcohol abuse. Wiktionary. Drunk, tipsy. Wiktionary. Similar to that of a drunk. When the patient entered the consultation room, the neurologist immediately noted his ebrious step, and suspected a lesion of the cerebellum. Wiktionary. Origin of Ebrious. From Latin ebrius, drunk. From Wiktionary.
Jun 4, 2024 · ēbrius (feminine ēbria, neuter ēbrium); first / second-declension adjective. drunk, drunken, intoxicated. Synonyms: see Thesaurus: ebrius. 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 5.339–340: ēbrius ad dūrum fōrmōsae līmen amīcae. cantat, habent ūnctae mollia serta comae. The drunken [reveler]: at the hard threshold of his beautiful girlfriend.
ebrious (EE-bree-uhs) adjective. 1. Inclined to excessive drinking. 2. Tipsy. [From Latin ebrius (drunk). Two cousins of this word are inebriated and sobriety.] "One seminal figure, Thompson, was a 'dissolute, ebrious, profane, lascivious English-Dutchman'."