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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

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par.

Tipsier

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sup

erl.

Tipsiest

[Akin to

tipple

; cf. Prov. G.

tips

drunkenness, be

tipst

drunk, tipsy. See

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

Staggering, as if from intoxication; reeling.

Midnight shout and revelry,

Tipsy

dance and jollity.

Milton.

Adj.

[from tipple.] Fuddled; overpowered with strong drink; intoxicated.