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drunken

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?d???k?n/
  • Rhymes: -??k?n

Etymology 1

From Middle English drunken, ydronken, idrunken, from Old English druncen, ?edruncen (drunk; drunken), from Proto-Germanic *drunkanaz (drunken), past participle of Proto-Germanic *drinkan? (to drink), equivalent to drink +? -en. Cognate with West Frisian dronken (drunk; drunken), Dutch dronken (drunk; drunken), German betrunken (drunk; drunken), Swedish drucken (drunk; drunken).

Verb

drunken

  1. (archaic) past participle of drink

Adjective

drunken (comparative more drunken, superlative most drunken)

  1. Drunk, in the state of intoxication after having drunk an alcoholic beverage
    • "What'll we do with the drunken sailor, ..."
  2. Given to habitual excessive use of alcohol.
  3. Characterized by or resulting from drunkenness.
    a drunken display of crude exuberance
  4. (obsolete) Saturated with liquid
    1. Applied to various spicy stir-fried dishes in Asian cuisine.
      drunken noodles; drunken duck; drunken fried rice
Synonyms
  • drunk; see also Thesaurus:drunk
Derived terms
  • drunkenly
  • drunkenness
  • drunken noodles
  • drunken shrimp
  • drunkensome
Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English dronknen, drunkenen, drunknen, from Old English druncnian (to drown; get drunk), from Proto-Germanic *drunkan?n? (to get drunk), from Proto-Germanic *drunkanaz (drunk; intoxicated). Cognate with Norwegian drukne, drukna, Icelandic drukna.

Verb

drunken (third-person singular simple present drunkens, present participle drunkening, simple past and past participle drunkened)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To make or become drunk or drunken; intoxicate

Low German

Etymology

From drinken, cognate to English drunken, Dutch dronken.

Adjective

drunken (comparative drunkener, superlative drunkenst)

  1. drunk, drunken

Declension

Synonyms

  • duun
  • bedrunken
  • anduunt
  • dick
  • drietendick
  • besapen
  • betüdelt
  • vull
  • benusselt

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drunkard

English

Alternative forms

  • drunkerd (obsolete)

Etymology

From earlier droncarde, from Middle English *druncard (attested as a surname, Druncard), possibly from Middle Low German drunkert, equivalent to drunk +? -ard (pejorative agent suffix).

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /?d???k?d/

Noun

drunkard (plural drunkards)

  1. (somewhat derogatory) A person who is habitually drunk.

Synonyms

  • See Thesaurus:drunkard

Antonyms

  • on the wagon
  • pioneer
  • teetotaller

Related terms

  • drunk
  • drunkard's walk
  • drunken

Translations

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