soused

Adjective

WordNet 3.0

Souse \Souse\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Soused; p. pr. & vb. n. Sousing.] [Cf. F. saucer to wet with sauce. See Souse pickle.]

1.To steep in pickle; to pickle. "A soused gurnet." --Shak. [1913 Webster]

2.To plunge or immerse in water or any liquid. [1913 Webster]

They soused me over head and ears in water.— Addison.[1913 Webster]

3.To drench, as by an immersion; to wet throughly. [1913 Webster]

Although I be well soused in this shower.— Gascoigne.[1913 Webster]

Soused \Soused\, adj. Thoroughly drunken; inebriated. [slang]

Syn: bombed; pickled; drunk; intoxicated. [PJC]