temulence

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temulence

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Learned borrowing from Latin tēmulentia.

noun

uncountable Drunkenness; intoxication. But the postcard was not invented in England until 1870, so Miss Barrett had no way of curbing her temulence to a dram of postcard-size.
Similar: temulency, alecy, brick in one's hat, drunkenness, fuddling, pissedness, temulence, staggers and jags · Opposite: abstemiousness, abstentiousness, sobriety, alecy, brick in one's hat, drunkenness, fuddling, pissedness, temulence, temulency, staggers and jags

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@misc{temulence_2026,
  title = {temulence},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/temulence},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}