adj.
(-ĭt) Intoxicated. n.
(-ĭt) An intoxicated person.
[Latin inēbriāre, inēbriāt- : in-, intensive pref.; see in-2 + ēbriāre, to intoxicate (from ēbrius, drunk; see egwh- in Indo-European roots).] in·e'bri·a'tion n.
in·e·bri·at·ed (ĭn-ē'brē-ā'tĭd) adj. Exhilarated or stupefied by or as if by alcohol; intoxicated.
1447, originally an adj., from L. inebriatus, pp. of inebriare "to make drunk," from in- "in" + ebriare "make drunk," from ebrius "drunk," of unknown origin. The verb meaning "to intoxicate" is first recorded 1497.