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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This

tip⋅sy

   [tip-see]
–adjective, -si⋅er, -si⋅est.
1. slightly intoxicated or drunk.
2. characterized by or due to intoxication: a tipsy lurch.
3. tipping, unsteady, or tilted, as if from intoxication.
Origin:
1570–80; tip 2 or obs. tip strong drink (perh. back formation from tipple 1 ) + -sy. Compare obs. bumpsy in same sense
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tip·sy     (tĭp'sē)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.   tip·si·er, tip·si·est
  1. Slightly intoxicated.
  2. Unsteady or crooked.

[From tip2.]
tip'si·ly adv., tip'si·ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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tipsy 
1577, from tip (v.1); later associated with tipple. Tipsy-cake (1806) was cake saturated with wine or liquor.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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tipsy

adjective
1. slightly intoxicated [syn: potty] 
2. unstable and prone to tip as if intoxicated; "a tipsy boat" 

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Tipsy

Tip"sy\, a. [Compar. Tipsier; superl. Tipsiest.] [Akin to tipple; cf. Prov. G. tips drunkenness, betipst 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.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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