drinkle

Meaning

Verb

  • To drink (an alcoholic beverage); also, to cause (someone) to drink such a beverage; to drench; to drown.
  • To drink an alcoholic beverage; also, to become intoxicated; to get drunk.
  • To drown.

Origin

  • From Middle English drinklen, drinkelen, drenklen, from Old English *drenclian, frequentative form of Old English drenÄ‹an, equivalent to drink + -le and drench + -le. Compare dronkle, drunkle.

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