Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Ebriety \E*bri"e*ty\, n.; pl. {Ebrieties}. [L. ebrietas, from.
   ebrius intoxicated: cf. F. ['e]bri['e]te. Cf. {So?er}.]
   Drunkenness; intoxication by spirituous liquors; inebriety.
   ``Ruinous ebriety.'' --Cowper.