inebriety

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Field indignantly repelled the suggestion that Nye's indiscretion was due to inebriety, but traced it to his bad health.

From Eugene Field, a Study in Heredity and Contradictions — Volume 2 by Thompson, Slason

A diet consisting chiefly of apples has been found an excellent cure for inebriety.

From Food Remedies Facts About Foods And Their Medicinal Uses by Daniel, Florence

The bucolic gentleman, who had completely lost his appearance of inebriety, mumbled a few incoherent words and departed.

From An Amiable Charlatan by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)

This condition differs from the condition called inebriety in the fact that it is a periodical expression of degeneracy whose form has been accidently determined, but which would exist even were its form changed.

From Degeneracy Its Causes, Signs and Results by Talbot, Eugene S.

Sobriety, as opposed to inebriety and gluttony, is of admirable use in teaching men that nature is satisfied with a little, and enabling them to content themselves with simple and frugal fare.

From Ancient and Modern Celebrated Freethinkers Reprinted From an English Work, Entitled "Half-Hours With The Freethinkers." by Bradlaugh, Charles