alecy

English

Etymology

From ale +‎ -cy.

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alecy (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) The state of being inebriated from drinking ale or beer; (generally) drunkenness.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:drunkenness
    • c. 1590 (date written), [John Lyly], Mother Bombie. […], London: […] Thomas Scarlet for Cuthbert Burby, published 1594, →OCLC, Act IV, scene ii, signature [G2], verso:
      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.

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