drunk
See also: Drunk
English
Etymology
From Middle English drunke, drunken, ydrunke, ydrunken, from Old English druncen, ġedruncen (“drunk”), from Proto-Germanic *drunkanaz, *gadrunkanaz (“drunk; drunken”), past participle of Proto-Germanic *drinkaną (“to drink”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian dronken, West Frisian dronken, Dutch dronken, gedronken, German Low German drunken, bedrunken, German getrunken, betrunken, Swedish drucken, Icelandic drukkinn.
Pronunciation
Adjective
drunk (comparative drunker, superlative drunkest)
- Intoxicated as a result of excessive alcohol consumption, usually by drinking alcoholic beverages.
- 1885, Richard F. Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Night 557:
- So I took a great dry gourd and, cutting open the head, scooped out the inside and cleaned it; after which I gathered grapes from a vine which grew hard by and squeezed them into the gourd, till it was full of the juice. Then I stopped up the mouth and set in the sun, where I left it for some days, until it became strong wine; and every day I used to drink of it, to comfort and sustain me under my fatigues with that from froward and obstinate fiend; and as often as I drank myself drunk, I forgot my troubles and took new heart.
- 1885, Richard F. Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Night 557:
- Habitually or frequently in a state of intoxication.
- (usually followed by with or on) Elated or emboldened.
- Drunk with power he immediately ordered a management reshuffle.
- (Can we date this quote by Macaulay and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- drunk with recent prosperity
- Drenched or saturated with moisture or liquid.
- Bible, Deuteronomy xxxii. 42:
- I will make mine arrows drunk with blood.
- Bible, Deuteronomy xxxii. 42:
Synonyms
- (intoxicated from alcohol): See Thesaurus:drunk
- (habitually of frequently intoxicated from alcohol): boozy, sottish
- (saturated with moisture): See Thesaurus:wet
Derived terms
Translations
intoxicated after drinking too much alcohol
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elated by emotion
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Noun
drunk (plural drunks)
- One who is intoxicated with alcohol.
- A habitual drinker, especially one who is frequently intoxicated.
- 1971, William S. Burroughs, The Wild Boys: A Book of the Dead, page 10:
- Another drunk is sleeping in dangerous proximity to a brush fire.
- A drinking-bout; a period of drunkenness.
- 1858, "A Scarcity of Jurors—Cangemi's Third Trial," New York Times, 8 Jun., p. 4:
- Gen. G. had been on a long drunk from July last until Christmas.
- 1858, "A Scarcity of Jurors—Cangemi's Third Trial," New York Times, 8 Jun., p. 4:
- A drunken state.
- 2006, Patrick McCabe, Winterwood, Bloomsbury 2007, p. 10:
- Here – help yourself to another drop there, Redmond! By the time we've got a good drunk on us there'll be more crack in this valley than the night I pissed on the electric fence!
- 2006, Patrick McCabe, Winterwood, Bloomsbury 2007, p. 10:
Synonyms
- (habitual drinker): alcoholic, drunkard, pisshead, piss artist, sot; see also Thesaurus:drunkard
Derived terms
Translations
one who is drunk
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habitual drinker
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drinking-bout
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drunken state
Verb
drunk
- past participle of drink
- (Southern US) simple past of drink
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