Drŭnk’en, a.

adjective

(drŭnk’n), a. 1. Given to excessive drinking; intoxicated; inebriated; as, a drunken man.

Drunken men imagine every thing turneth round. Bacon.

Sense 2. Saturated with liquor or moisture; drenched. Let the earth be drunken with our blood. Shak.

Sense 3. Pertaining to or proceeding from intoxication; caused by excessive drink. “The drunken quarrels of a rake.” Swift.

☞ Drunken was formerly used as the past participle of drink, but is no longer so used.