beastly drunk

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(adjective) - It was an ancient notion that men in their cups exhibited the vicious qualities of beasts. Thomas Nashe c. 1600 describes seven kinds of drunkards: "The ape-drunk, who leaps and sings; the lion-drunk, who is quarrelsome; the swine-drunk, who is sleepy and puking; the sheep-drunk, wise in his own conceit but unable to speak; the martin-drunk, who drinks himself sober again; the goat-drunk, who is lascivious; and the fox-drunk, who is crafty." --Ebenezer Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, 1898

April 22, 2018