Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

inebriated

/ɪˈniː.bɹi.eɪ.tɪd/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.64 in modern English

Syllables: ine-bri-at-ed
IPA: /ɪˈniː.bɹi.eɪ.tɪd/

13

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

5

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Behaving as though affected by alcohol including exhilaration, and a dumbed or stupefied manner.

verb

simple past and past participle of inebriate

Example Sentences

"Manganism has been known about since the 19th century, when miners exposed to ores containing manganese, a silvery metal, began to totter, slur their speech and behave like someone inebriated."

Etymology

From Latin inēbriātus, past participle of inēbriō (“intoxicate”) from in- + ēbrius (“drunk, intoxicated”) from Proto-Italic *ēɣʷrios, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ēgʷʰ-ryo-s from root *h₁egʷʰ- (“drink”); whence also ebrious and inebriate.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Prefix: in-
Root: *h₁egʷʰ-, inēbriātus, *ēɣʷrios
Suffix: ēbrius

Inflected Forms

more inebriated (comparative) most inebriated (superlative)

Derived Forms

uninebriated

Synonyms

drunk intoxicated ripped gone

Questions

How do you pronounce inebriated?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɪˈniː.bɹi.eɪ.tɪd/.
What does inebriated mean?: Behaving as though affected by alcohol including exhilaration, and a dumbed or stupefied manner.
Where does inebriated come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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