muzzy

adj

Etymology

Clipping of moustache + -y (diminutive suffix).

Definitions

  1. Blurred, hazy, indistinct, unfocussed.

    • The Handel excerpts are afflicted with a combination of high surface noise from the source material as well as variably muzzy sound.
  2. Bewildered

    Bewildered; dazed.

  3. Tipsy

    Tipsy; drunk; involving drunkenness.

    • To the muzzy drumming of beer in his veins he gazed long and owlishly at the sombre cottage[.]
    • The front bar was plying trade too, by customers that kept oozing in through the back door. The fat publican served whoever came, muzzy with the succession of pots that stodged away his day.
  4. + 3 more definitions
    1. A Muslim.

      • "Ethiopia is a fortress of Christianity surrounded by Muzzies," said Tesfaye. His description paraphrased the words of Emperor Menelik II
    2. moustache

    3. A surname.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA