alecy
nounUS, UK /ˈeɪlsi/
Etymology From ale + -cy.
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Obsolete The state of being inebriated from drinking ale or beer; (generally) drunkenness.
- The more Aſſe he, if he had areſted a mare in ſtead of an horſe, it had bin but a ſlight ouerſight, but to areſt a man that hath no lykeneſſe of a horſe, is flatte lunaſie or alecie.c. 1590 (date written), [John Lyly], Mother Bombie. […], London: […] Thomas Scarlet for Cuthbert Burby, published 1594, →OCLC, Act IV, scene ii, signature [G2], verso:
- Derived terms
- alecied