The state of being drunk; intoxication or drunkenness.
From Latin 'ebrietas,' derived from 'ebrius' (drunk). The term came into English via Middle English and remained in literary and formal use, eventually giving rise to the more common modern form 'inebriety.'
This formal Latin-based word appears in 18th-century literature when writers wanted to describe drunkenness with scientific precision—it's the thinking person's way to say 'drunk.'
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