Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as temulence.

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  • noun Intoxication, drunkenness

Etymologies

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Latin temulentia.

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Examples

  • The effects of tobacco upon the morals have been often animadverted upon, and in no particular more frequently, and with greater emphasis, than in its obvious tendency to promote temulency.

    The American Quarterly Review, No. 17, March 1831 Various 1821

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