inebriated

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inebriated

/ɪˈniː.bɹi.eɪ.tɪd/

Where it comes from

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.

adjective more inebriated · most inebriated

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.
Similar: drunk, intoxicated

verb

participle, past simple past and past participle of inebriate

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adj behaving as though affected by alcohol

Español	ebrio, borracho, escabiado, escabio, embriago
हिन्दी	मदिर madir, शौंड śauṇḍ, मत्त matt
Deutsch	betrunken, beschwipst, angeheitert, alkoholisiert
Русский	нетре́звый netrézvyj

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@misc{inebriated_2026,
  title = {inebriated},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/inebriated},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}