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PRONUNCIATION:

(TEM-yuh-luhnt)

MEANING:

adjective: Drunk; intoxicated.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Latin temetum (intoxicating drink) + -ulentus (full of). Earliest documented use: 1629.

NOTES:

A temulent linguist doesn’t slur their words; they just employ loosely coordinated syntax. How would you fill it in for your own profession: A temulent _____ doesn’t slur their words; they just _____.

USAGE:

“The ancient Persians, it is said, never made an important decision when drunk without reconsidering it when sober, and, by the same token, never made an important decision sober without thinking about it drunk later on; but I do not have time to get drunk and then see if the temulent decision matches the clear-headed one.”
Nicholas Lezard; Is There Something Missing in Your Life?; New Statesman (London, UK); Apr 2, 2012.

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