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A.Word.A.Day--inebriety inebriety (in-i-BRY-i-tee) noun Drunkenness. [Intensive prefix in- + Latin ebriare (to make drunk), from ebrius (drunk).] Wordpix: "On receiving his third warning for inebriety while at work, Dipsom sent his resignation with the note, `This job interferes with my drinking.'" This week's theme: wordpix, words drawn so that they explain themselves. X-Bonus Nothing so soon the drooping spirits can raise / As praises from the men, whom all men praise. -Abraham Cowley, poet (1618-1667)

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