drunken

Meanings

Adjective

• Drunk, in the state of intoxication after having drunk an alcoholic beverage.
• Given to habitual excessive use of alcohol.
• Characterized by or resulting from drunkenness.
• Saturated with liquid

Verb

• To make or become drunk or drunken; intoxicate

Origin

• From Middle English drunken, ydronken, idrunken, from Old English druncen, ġedruncen, from Proto-Germanic *drunkanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *drinkaną, equivalent to drink + -en. Cognate with West Frisian dronken, Dutch dronken, German betrunken, Swedish drucken.
• From Middle English dronknen, drunkenen, drunknen, from Old English druncnian, from Proto-Germanic *drunkanōną, from Proto-Germanic *drunkanaz. Cognate with Norwegian drukne, drukna, Icelandic drukna.