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ebrious

/ˈiː.bɹiː.əs/

adjective

Having a tendency towards alcohol abuse.

“When the patient entered the consultation room, the neurologist immediately noted his ebrious step, and suspected a lesion of the cerebellum.”

Similar

Adrian Quist adrip aled up all mops and brooms arseholed a sheet in the wind a sheet in the wind's eye bedrunken

OriginLatin ēbrius →

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Meanings

adjectiveebrious (comparative more ebrious, superlative most ebrious)

comparative more ebrious · superlative most ebrious

obsoleteHaving a tendency towards alcohol abuse.
obsoleteDrunk, tipsy.
Synonyms: Adrian Quist, adrip, aled up, all mops and brooms, arseholed, a sheet in the wind, a sheet in the wind's eye, bedrunken
obsoleteSimilar to that of a drunk.
When the patient entered the consultation room, the neurologist immediately noted his ebrious step, and suspected a lesion of the cerebellum.
Synonyms: drunklike, intoxicated-like

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveDrunk, tipsy.

adjectiveSimilar to that of a drunk.

Similar

drunklike intoxicated-like

Also see

drunklike snockered stoned

Origin

Latinēbrius“drunk”
Englishebrious

From Latin ēbrius (“drunk”).

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APA

ebrious. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ebrious

MLA

“ebrious.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ebrious. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ebrious,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ebrious.

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