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tipsy

adj
/ˈtɪp.si/

Etymology

From tips + -y. Compare artsy, folksy, and sudsy.

  1. inherited from *tuppijô✻
  2. inherited from tip
  3. formed as tipsy — “tip + -y”

Definitions

  1. Slightly drunk, fuddled, staggering, foolish as a result of drinking alcoholic beverages.

    • I was too tipsy to protest.

  2. Unsteady, askew.

  3. Containing alcohol.

    • tipsy apple pie

The neighborhood

Derived

tipsily, tipsiness, tipsy cake, tipsy key, tipsy laird

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for tipsy. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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