tipsy

Adjective
Synonyms: pottytiddly

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (2)

  1. slightly intoxicatedSynonyms: pottytiddly
  2. unstable and prone to tip as if intoxicated“a tipsy boat”
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Tipsy \Tip"sy\, a. [Compar. Tipsier; superl. Tipsiest.] [Akin to tipple; cf. Prov. G. tips drunkenness, betipst drunk, tipsy. See Tipple.]

1.Being under the influence of strong drink; rendered weak or foolish by liquor, but not absolutely or completely drunk; fuddled; intoxicated. [1913 Webster]

2.Staggering, as if from intoxication; reeling. [1913 Webster]

Midnight shout and revelry, Tipsy dance and jollity.— Milton.[1913 Webster]
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