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Drunkenness See also Alcoholism. Acrasia self-indulgent in the pleasures of the senses. [Br. Lit.: Faerie Queene] a wine-bibber. [Br. Folklore: Brewer Dictionary, 11] a toper, perhaps originally because of ceremonial duties. [Western Folklore: Brewer Dictionary, 65] humorous personification of intoxicating liquor. [Am. and Br. Folklore: Misc.] sold cheap whiskey in a log-cabin bottle. [Am. Hist.: Espy, 152–153]
archetypal British working-class toper. [Comics: Horn, 82–83] mythical Flemish king; reputed inventor of beer. [Flem. Myth.: NCE, 1041] appointed Prince’s butler, oversamples his wines. [Ital. Opera: Rossini, Cinderella, Westerman, 120–121] inebriated from wine, sprawls naked in tent. [O.T.: Genesis 9:20–23] one of Bacchus’s retinue; fat, always inebriated. [Gk. Myth.: Hall, 283] identity changes during drunken stupor. [Br. Lit.: Taming of the Shrew] stumbling home from the tavern sees witches dancing around open coffins in the graveyard. [Br. Lit.: Burns Tam O’Shanter in Benét, 985] patron saint of drunks. [Christian Hagiog.: Brewer Dictionary, 1129] How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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