overdrink

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verb

To drink to excess.

OriginMiddle English *overdrinken ← Old English oferdrincan →
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Meanings

verboverdrink (third-person singular simple present overdrinks, present participle overdrinking, simple past overdrank, past participle overdrunk)

present singular third person overdrinks · participle present overdrinking · past overdrank · participle past overdrunk

  1. ambitransitiveTo drink to excess.

    There is no disorder of any sort; nowhere in or about the Centennial did I see any one who had overdrunk the health of his country.

    1876, Atlantic Monthly, volume 38, page 107

Origin

  1. Old Englishoferdrincan“to overdrink”
  2. Middle English*overdrinken
  3. Englishoverdrink

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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“overdrink.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overdrink. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overdrink,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overdrink.

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