The state or condition of being drunk; intoxication from excessive alcohol consumption.
From Middle English 'dronken' (past participle of 'drinken') + '-ness' (state or condition), creating a noun for the condition itself. This is an alternative spelling to the modern 'drunkenness.'
The extra 'e' in 'drunkeness' is an archaic spelling variant that shows how even common words had alternative forms before spelling became standardized—people were more flexible with their orthography centuries ago!
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