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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

EBRIETY

n.[L. ebrietas, from ebrius, intoxicated. ] Drunkenness; intoxication by spirituous liquors.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

EBRIETY

E *bri "e *ty, n.; pl. Ebrieties. Etym: [L. ebrietas, from. ebrius intoxicated: cf. F. ébriéte. Cf. So. ]

 

Defn: Drunkenness; intoxication by spirituous liquors; inebriety. "Ruinous ebriety. " Cowper.