ebriosity
Definitions
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- noun Habitual drunkenness.
Examples
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On alcohol, Thoreau wrote: “I would fain keep sober always … I believe that water is the only drink for a wise man; wine is not so noble a liquor … Of all ebriosity, who does not prefer to be intoxicated by the air he breathes?”
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Note
The word 'ebriosity' comes from a Latin word meaning "given to drinking".