-kən(n)ə̇s noun
( -es )
Etymology: Middle English drunkennesse, from Old English druncenness, from druncen + -nesse -ness
1. : the condition of being drunk with or as if with alcohol : intoxication
2. : alcoholism
3. : mental or emotional extravagance suggestive of the disorders caused by alcohol
the drunkenness of factious animosity — T.B.Macaulay