insobriety

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English

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Etymology

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in- (“not”) +‎ sobriety, possibly influenced by and punning on inebriation, intoxication, where in- has the sense “in, into”.

Noun

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insobriety (countable and uncountable, plural insobrieties)

  1. The state of being drunk; a lack of sobriety.

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English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₁egʷʰ-‎ (0 c, 19 e)
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