inebriety

inebriety
/in'i bruy"i tee/, n.
drunkenness; intoxication.
[1780-90; IN-2 + obs. ebriety < L ebrietas, equiv. to ebri(us) drunk + -etas, var. of -ITAS -ITY]

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