Drunken
/ˈdrʌŋ.kən/noun
Affected by alcohol; intoxicated.
Did you know?The word goes back to Old English where drink-related forms were already being used to describe intoxication, showing how long humans have linked alcohol with altered states.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*dʰreĝʰ-
“to drip, flow”
Old English
OE
drincan
“to drink”
Old English
OE
druncen
“drunk, intoxicated”
Middle English
ME
drunken
“intoxicated”
Modern English
English
drunken
“affected by alcohol; intoxicated”