temulence

English

Etymology

From Latin tēmētum.

Noun

temulence (uncountable)

  1. Intoxication, drunkenness, temulency
    • 1933, Osbert Burdett, The Brownings, Constable & Co. Ltd., page 44:
      But the postcard was not invented in England until 1870, so Miss Barrett had no way of curbing her temulence to a dram of postcard-size.
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