Word of the Day: EBRIETATING

ETYMOLOGY
from ebriety (a being intoxicated, drunkenness) + ‑ate 

EXAMPLE
“…But what we suppose conduces most to this seeming Magnanimity, is some things their Priests give them before, of an ebrietating Quality, which intoxicates their Spirits, and renders them insensible of what they are going to endure…”

From: The British Apollo, or, Curious Amusements for the Ingenious
May, 1711