Ebrious
/ˈɛb.ri.əs/noun
Intoxicated or drunken.
Did you know?Ebrious belongs to a learned family of English words descended from Latin ebrius, but it never became common in everyday speech and is now chiefly rare or literary.
Etymological Timeline
Classical Latin
Latin
ebrius
“Drunk, intoxicated, or overcome by wine”
Late Latin
Latin
ebriosus
“Drunken or given to intoxication; an expanded form related to ebrius”
Middle English
English
ebrious
“Drunken or intoxicated; adopted as a learned term from Latin”
17th Century
English
ebrious
“Intoxicated, especially in formal or literary usage”
Modern English
English
ebrious
“Rare adjective meaning drunk or intoxicated”
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