Inebriate
/ɪˈniː.bri.eɪt/noun
To intoxicate someone or make them drunk; also, a person who is habitually intoxicated.
Did you know?The word comes through Latin inebriare, where the prefix in- means “into” and ebrius means “drunk,” portraying intoxication as being brought into a state.
Etymological Timeline
Classical Latin
Latin
ebrius
“Drunk or intoxicated”
Classical Latin
Latin
inebriare
“To make drunk or intoxicate”
Late Latin
Latin
inebriatus
“Made drunk or intoxicated”
16th Century
English
inebriate
“To intoxicate or make drunk”
Modern English
English
inebriate
“To intoxicate; also, a person habitually affected by alcohol”
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