Drunkenness

Drunkenness, in its most common usage, is the state of being intoxicated with alcohol (i.e. ethanol) to a sufficient degree to impair mental and motor functioning.

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A person who is an alcoholic or habitually drunk is often referred to as a 'drunk', more traditionally, a 'drunkard', and colloquially, a 'lush'.

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