ebriety /ɪˈbɹaɪ.ɪt.i/ noun2 •The state of intoxication, drunkenness.God's touches, the wounds of his spear, references to ebriety and to nuptial union have to figure in the phraseology by which [a mystical state] is shadowed forth. — 1902 •(no longer used) An instance of being drunk. formsebrieties