Word Meanings - TIPSY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

tipple; cf. Prov. G. tips drunkenness, betipst drunk, tipsy. See 1. Being under the influence of strong drink; rendered weak or foolish by liquor, but not absolutely or completely drunk; fuddled; intoxicated. 2. Staggering, as if from intoxication;

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tipple; cf. Prov. G. tips drunkenness, betipst drunk, tipsy. See 1. Being under the influence of strong drink; rendered weak or foolish by liquor, but not absolutely or completely drunk; fuddled; intoxicated. 2. Staggering, as if from intoxication; reeling. Midnight shout and revelry, Tipsy dance and jollity. Milton.

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