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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
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A drunk man

"He is a smelly and drunken /drunk man". As far as I know, "a drunken noun" is right but I saw "a drunk+ noun" like "a drunk man, so Nowadays, it is okay to use both? Thank you in advance.
  

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Anonymous … so Nowadays, it is okay to use both? Yes. Drunken can mean given to habitual use of alcohol as well.

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  • Anonymous … so Nowadays, it is okay to use both?
  • Yes.
  • Drunken can mean given to habitual use of alcohol as well.
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Anonymous… so Nowadays, it is okay to use both?
Yes. Drunken can mean given to habitual use of alcohol as well.
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Anonymous"He is a smelly and drunken /drunk man". As far as I know, "a drunken noun" is right but I saw "a drunk+ noun" like "a drunk man, so Nowadays, it is okay to use both? Thank you in advance.
"Drunk" is the past participle of drink, and OK to use as an adjective, but the true adjective "drunken" is probably better.

I saw a drunken man.
He is
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