be in (one's) altitudes

obsolete To be inebriated. That gentleman becomes most uncivil when he is in his altitudes.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Sylvanus	-	English (Archaic)
Briseis	-	Greek Mythology
Hanifa	-	Arabic
Justinian	-	History
Vladislava	vlah-dee-SLAH-vah (Russian)	Russian, Czech
Vid	-	Slovene, Croatian, Hungarian