Obs. [a. OF. (F.) ivresse, f. ivre :— pop. L. *ĕbriu-s, for ēbriu-s drunk: see -ESS.] Drunkenness.
c. 1430. Pilgr. Lyf Manhode, III. xliii. (1869), 159. Twey wombes … Of whiche yueresce [gloss drunkeshipe] is that oon seid. And that oother the gulf that to ete is euere redy.
