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overdrink

verb · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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verb

Meaning 1

To drink to excess.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: ambitransitive

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History

Etymology

From Middle English *overdrinken (attested only as a noun overdrink (“excessive drinking”)), from Old English oferdrincan (“to overdrink”), equivalent to over- + drink. Compare German übertrinken (“to overdrink”), Swedish överdrycka (“to overdrink”), Old English oferdrynċ (“excessive drinking, drunkenness”).