inebriation means the state or characteristic of drunkenness. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 77 out of 100.
inebriation is pronounced /ɪˌniːbɹiˈeɪʃən/.
Why “inebriation” is a great word
INEBRIATION — [Noun] The acute state of being drunk; intoxication specifically by alcohol. Learned borrowing from Latin inēbriātiō, inēbriātiōnem ("drunkenness"), from inēbriāre ("to intoxicate"), from in- ("in, into") + ēbrius ("drunk"). First attested in English c. 1526. Unlike "intoxication" (which broadens to encompass any poison) or "inebriety" (which implies a chronic, habitual condition), inebriation is the specific, temporary dominion of alcohol. It is the warm dissolution of sharp edges in a lamplit room, the sudden, garrulous confidence that blooms after the third glass, and the world tilting on a forgiving axis—a brief, chemical holiday from the sober architecture of the self.
noun
- The state or characteristic of drunkenness.“in a state of inebriation”