Etymology

overdrink

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Today it means: To drink to excess. Full definition →

Middle English *overdrinken ← Old English oferdrincan
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  1. Old English · inherited fromoferdrincan“to overdrink”
  2. Middle English · inherited from*overdrinken
  3. English todayoverdrink

From Middle English *overdrinken (attested only as a noun overdrink (“excessive drinking”)), from Old English oferdrincan (“to overdrink”), equivalent to over- + drink. Compare German übertrinken (“to overdrink”), Swedish överdrycka (“to overdrink”), Old English oferdrynċ (“excessive drinking, drunkenness”).

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