drunken
Meaning
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past participle of drink
Synonyms
tipsi
half-seas-over
in one’s cups
elephant’s trunk
befitting a drunkard
nazy
garrulous person
oblique setting
skeller
gambrinous
burlin’
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈdɹʌŋkən/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English drunken, ydronken, idrunken, from Old English druncen, ġedruncen (“drunk; drunken”), from Proto-Germanic *drunkanaz (“drunken”), past participle of Proto-Germanic *drinkaną (“to drink”), equivalent to drink + -en. Cognate with West Frisian dronken (“drunk; drunken”), Dutch dronken (“drunk; drunken”), German betrunken (“drunk; drunken”), Swedish drucken (“drunk; drunken”).
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New
drink
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- To consume (a liquid) through the mouth.
- To consume the liquid contained within (a bottle, glass, etc.).
- To consume alcoholic beverages.
- To take in (a liquid), in any manner; to suck up; to absorb; to imbibe.
- To take in; to receive within one, through the senses; to inhale; to hear; to see.
- (obsolete) To smoke, as tobacco.
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