Drunkardry

Quick meaning: Drunkardry is a noun meaning (rare) The quality of being a drunkard.

Meaning

(rare) The quality of being a drunkard.

Example Sentences

Fallacy of the consequent. (Drunkardry causes destitution, ‘therefore’ destitution proves drunkardry. It is only a ‘factor in favour’ in the terminology of Ref. 18).

But just in case the Danes decide it isn’t nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous drunkardry from across the water, there are contingency measures.

When the [American] Civil War broke out, [Mark] Twain may have briefly entertained pro-Union sentiments but at length decided to serve with a ragtag bunch of Confederate irregulars. After a couple of weeks, “hunted like a rat the whole time,” he thought better of that commitment and, as Huck Finn did, lit out for the territory. This territory was Nevada and California, where he prospected for silver without luck and practiced scurrilous journalism and general drunkardry with zest.

Synonyms for drunkardry

Depending on context, synonyms include drunkardness.

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