alcoholic excess

  • 1alcoholic — (adj.) 1790, of or pertaining to alcohol; see ALCOHOL (Cf. alcohol) + IC (Cf. ic). Meaning caused by drunkenness is attested by 1872; meaning habitually drunk by 1910. Noun sense of one who is addicted to drinking in excess, chronic drunkard, old …

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  • 2alcoholic — [al΄kə hôl′ik, al΄kəhäl′ik] adj. 1. of or containing alcohol 2. caused by alcohol or liquor containing it 3. suffering from alcoholism n. a person who has chronic alcoholism or who habitually drinks alcoholic liquor to excess alcoholically adv …

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  • 3alcoholic liquors — Alcoholic, spirituous and malt liquors mean intoxicating liquors which can be used as a beverage, and which, when drunk to excess, will produce intoxication. F. W. Woolworth Co. v. State, 72 Okl.Cr. 125, 113 P.2d 399, 403 …

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  • 4alcoholic liquors — Alcoholic, spirituous and malt liquors mean intoxicating liquors which can be used as a beverage, and which, when drunk to excess, will produce intoxication. F. W. Woolworth Co. v. State, 72 Okl.Cr. 125, 113 P.2d 399, 403 …

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  • 5Alcoholic hepatitis — Infobox Disease Name = Alcoholic hepatitis Caption = DiseasesDB = ICD10 = K70.1 ICD9 = ICD9|571.1 ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = 000281 eMedicineSubj = eMedicineTopic = 101 MeshID = D006519Alcoholic hepatitis is hepatitis (inflammation of the liver) …

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  • 6excess — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 too much of sth ADJECTIVE ▪ rhetorical, stylistic, verbal ▪ His statements cannot be simply dismissed as rhetorical excess. ▪ financial ▪ scan …

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  • 7alcoholic — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ chronic ▪ raging (AmE, informal) ▪ recovering ▪ recovered (esp. AmE), reformed …

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  • 8alcoholic liquor — Any liquor, beer, beverage or compound, whether distilled, fermented, or otherwise, by whatsoever known or called, which will produce intoxication, or which contains in excess of one per centum of alcohol and is used as a beverage. State v Glover …

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  • 9to excess — adverb : immoderately started drinking to excess and eventually became an alcoholic Polly Adler * * * to excess Immoderately • • • Main Entry: ↑excess * * * to excess phrase if you do something to excess, you do it so much that it harms you or… …

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  • 10Gravity (alcoholic beverage) — A floating hydrometer in use to test the specific gravity of beer Gravity, in the context of fermenting alcoholic beverages, refers to the specific gravity, or relative density compared to water, of the wort or must at various stages in the… …

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