overdrink

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To drink to excess.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

overdrink overdrinks overdrinking overdrank overdrunk

Etymology

From Middle English *overdrinken (attested only as a noun overdrink (“excessive drinking”)), from Old English oferdrincan (“to overdrink”), equivalent to over- + drink. Compare German übertrinken (“to overdrink”), Swedish överdrycka (“to overdrink”), Old English oferdrynċ (“excessive drinking, drunkenness”).

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