drunkenhood

Updated: January 26, 2026

And then she brought forth the head of Holofernes and showed it to them, saying: Lo! here the head of Holofernes, prince of the chivalry of Assyrians, and lo! the canape of him in which he lay in his drunkenhood, where our Lord hath smitten him by the hand of a woman.

Philip P. Wells - Bible Stories and Religious Classics