Middle English Dictionary Entry
ēbrīetē n.
Entry Info
Forms | ēbrīetē n. |
Etymology | L ēbrietāt-em, cp. F ébriété (16.cent.). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Inebriety, drunkenness.
Associated quotations
- a1500(?c1425) Spec.Sacer.(Add 36791)89/14,18 : He that be ebrietye and outrage of slepynge hath forȝete to say euensonge..Bi ebriete and outrage or neclegens.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Addition to etymology: there is an OF ebriete in Tobler-Lommatzsch.--per REL