DRUNKENNESS


Meaning of DRUNKENNESS in English

-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

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.