habitual intoxication; prolonged and excessive intake of alcoholic drinks leading to a breakdown in health and an addiction to alcohol such that abrupt deprivation leads to severe withdrawal symptoms
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a temporary state resulting from excessive consumption of alcohol
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Inebriation \In*e`bri*a"tion\, n. [L. inebriatio.] The condition of being inebriated; intoxication; figuratively, deprivation of sense and judgment by anything that exhilarates, as success. --Sir T. Browne.
Preserve him from the inebriation of prosperity. --Macaulay.
Syn: See {Drunkenness}.
Workers suddenly faced dismissal for insubordination or inebriation, or suspension for lesser infractions like spending long periods in the coffee line or the bathroom.
"I shall enjoy forever the time spent in the land of inebriation with you," gurgles the inscription on a wine pot from that time.