Tipsy

Tip′sy

,

Adj.

[

Com

par.

Tipsier

;

sup

erl.

Tipsiest

.]

[Akin to

tipple

; cf. Prov. G.

tips

drunkenness, be

tipst

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.

2.

Staggering, as if from intoxication; reeling.

Midnight shout and revelry,

Tipsy

dance and jollity.

Milton.

Tipsy

TIP'SY

,

Adj.

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

tipsy

English

Adjective

tipsy ‎(comparative tipsier, superlative tipsiest)

slightly drunk, fuddled, staggering, foolish as a result of drinking alcoholic beverages
(metonymically) unsteady, askew

Synonyms

See also Wikisaurus:drunk

Derived terms

tipsy cake

Translations

slightly drunk

Chinese:
Mandarin: 有點醉, 有点醉 ‎(yǒudiǎnzuì), 微醉的 ‎(wēizuìde)
Dutch: aangeschoten (nl), tipsy
Esperanto:
Finnish: huppelissa, juovuksissa
French: éméché (fr) m, égayé (fr) m, gris (fr) m, pompette (fr) m, f
German: angeheitert, beschwipst (de), betütert (de), angetrunken, beschwipst (de)
Ido: ebrieta (io)
Italian: brillo (it) m, brilla (it) f, alticcio m, alticcia f
Japanese: ほろ酔い (ja) ‎(horoyoi)
Norman: alleunmé, souard
Korean:
Lao:

Mongolian:
Norwegian: brisen (no)
Bokmål: pussa (no)
Persian: ملنگ (fa) ‎(malang)
Polish: podchmielony m
Portuguese: ligeiramente embriagado (pt), alto (pt) m
Romanian: beat (ro)
Russian: подвы́пивший (ru) ‎(podvýpivšij)
Scottish Gaelic: fo-mhisgeach
Spanish: achispado (es)
Swedish: lätt berusad, dragen (sv), salongsberusad (sv)
Tagalog: malainibay, balasing
Vietnamese: ngà ngà (vi), tàng tàng (vi)

References

Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

Definify.com

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