Inebriance - a word or not?

Tough Guy no. 1265

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Aug 21, 2015, 11:17:17 AM8/21/15

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I have seen the word "Inebriance" used here and there, but Google fails to give an exact meaning.
For example: http://www.jonbounds.co.uk/blog/1672/map-of-birmingham-inebriance-survey/
From context, something like "The ability to become inebriated"?

Bertel Lund Hansen

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Aug 21, 2015, 11:37:04 AM8/21/15

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Tough Guy no. 1265 skrev:

> I have seen the word "Inebriance" used here and there, but
> Google fails to give an exact meaning.

So does dictionary.com.

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Tough Guy no. 1265

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Aug 21, 2015, 11:40:51 AM8/21/15

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On Fri, 21 Aug 2015 16:40:37 +0100, Bertel Lund Hansen <gade...@lundhansen.dk> wrote:

> Tough Guy no. 1265 skrev:
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>> I have seen the word "Inebriance" used here and there, but
>> Google fails to give an exact meaning.
>
> So does dictionary.com.

Can someone who is knowledgeable about word forms not work out what it means?

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Aug 21, 2015, 1:31:03 PM8/21/15

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Tough Guy no. 1265 skrev:

>>> I have seen the word "Inebriance" used here and there, but
>>> Google fails to give an exact meaning.

>> So does dictionary.com.

> Can someone who is knowledgeable about word forms not work out
> what it means?

Easily. I don't even think that it takes special knowledge about
the language.

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Tough Guy no. 1265

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Aug 21, 2015, 1:38:13 PM8/21/15

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Go ahead.

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Whiskers

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Aug 21, 2015, 1:48:16 PM8/21/15

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Antonym of 'sobriety' I imagine. Cheers!

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Tough Guy no. 1265

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Aug 21, 2015, 2:01:53 PM8/21/15

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On Fri, 21 Aug 2015 18:48:12 +0100, Whiskers <catwh...@operamail.com> wrote:

> On 2015-08-21, Tough Guy no. 1265 <n...@spam.com> wrote:
>> I have seen the word "Inebriance" used here and there, but Google
>> fails to give an exact meaning. For example:
>> http://www.jonbounds.co.uk/blog/1672/map-of-birmingham-inebriance-survey/
>> From context, something like "The ability to become inebriated"?
>
> Antonym of 'sobriety' I imagine. Cheers!

I see. Thanks.

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bill van

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Aug 21, 2015, 3:37:46 PM8/21/15

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In article <slrnmtep2s.p...@ID-107770.user.individual.net>,

Whiskers <catwh...@operamail.com> wrote:

> On 2015-08-21, Tough Guy no. 1265 <n...@spam.com> wrote:
> > I have seen the word "Inebriance" used here and there, but Google
> > fails to give an exact meaning. For example:
> > http://www.jonbounds.co.uk/blog/1672/map-of-birmingham-inebriance-survey/
> > From context, something like "The ability to become inebriated"?
>
> Antonym of 'sobriety' I imagine. Cheers!

We already have "inebriation" for that, which probably explains why so
many dictionaries don't recognize "inebriance".
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Aug 21, 2015, 3:39:50 PM8/21/15

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On Fri, 21 Aug 2015 16:17:11 +0100, "Tough Guy no. 1265" <n...@spam.com>
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>I have seen the word "Inebriance" used here and there, but Google fails to give an exact meaning.
>For example: http://www.jonbounds.co.uk/blog/1672/map-of-birmingham-inebriance-survey/
> From context, something like "The ability to become inebriated"?

An inebriant is something that inebriates. Based on that, I would
expect 'inebriance' to mean the property of causing inebriation,
especially referring to degree.
For it to mean degree of inebriation seems a stretch to me.

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Tough Guy no. 1265

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Aug 21, 2015, 3:44:46 PM8/21/15

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Inebriation would mean the act of getting drunk, or getting somebody drunk. But inebrience would be the state of being drunk. Similar to the word happiness for the state of being happy.

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Tough Guy no. 1265

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Aug 21, 2015, 3:45:27 PM8/21/15

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On Fri, 21 Aug 2015 20:39:43 +0100, <quia...@yahoo.com> wrote:

> On Fri, 21 Aug 2015 16:17:11 +0100, "Tough Guy no. 1265" <n...@spam.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I have seen the word "Inebriance" used here and there, but Google fails to give an exact meaning.
>> For example: http://www.jonbounds.co.uk/blog/1672/map-of-birmingham-inebriance-survey/
>> From context, something like "The ability to become inebriated"?
>
> An inebriant is something that inebriates. Based on that, I would
> expect 'inebriance' to mean the property of causing inebriation,
> especially referring to degree.

That would makes sense with respect to the above link - the ability of each pub to get you drunk.

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bill van

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Aug 21, 2015, 4:12:39 PM8/21/15

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In article <op.x3qg4...@red.lan>,

"Tough Guy no. 1265" <n...@spam.com> wrote:

> On Fri, 21 Aug 2015 20:37:42 +0100, bill van <bil...@delete.shaw.ca> wrote:
>
> > In article <slrnmtep2s.p...@ID-107770.user.individual.net>,
> > Whiskers <catwh...@operamail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> On 2015-08-21, Tough Guy no. 1265 <n...@spam.com> wrote:
> >> > I have seen the word "Inebriance" used here and there, but Google
> >> > fails to give an exact meaning. For example:
> >> > http://www.jonbounds.co.uk/blog/1672/map-of-birmingham-inebriance-survey/
> >> > From context, something like "The ability to become inebriated"?
> >>
> >> Antonym of 'sobriety' I imagine. Cheers!
> >
> > We already have "inebriation" for that, which probably explains why so
> > many dictionaries don't recognize "inebriance".
>
> Inebriation would mean the act of getting drunk, or getting somebody drunk.
> But inebrience would be the state of being drunk. Similar to the word
> happiness for the state of being happy.

I don't mind how you choose to use "inebriant". But I think you're
making it up as you go, inasmuch as "inebriant" is, as mentioned several
times, not recognized by most dictionaries.

Note also that this time you spelled it "inebrient", and Google finds
only four instances of that on the entire World Wide Web. You're bravely
going where very few men have gone before. Write when you get there.
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Tough Guy no. 1265

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Aug 21, 2015, 4:21:43 PM8/21/15

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I do apologize for using logic and common sense with regards to English. Please go back to your caves.

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Bertel Lund Hansen

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Aug 22, 2015, 4:34:29 AM8/22/15

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Tough Guy no. 1265 skrev:

>>>>> I have seen the word "Inebriance" used here and there, but
>>>>> Google fails to give an exact meaning.

>>>> So does dictionary.com.

>>> Can someone who is knowledgeable about word forms not work out
>>> what it means?

>> Easily. I don't even think that it takes special knowledge about
>> the language.

> Go ahead.

The state of being inebriated.

His inebriance was quite an embarrassment to his wife.

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Bertel, Kolt, Denmark