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booz⋅y

[boo-zee]
–adjective, booz⋅i⋅er, booz⋅i⋅est.
1. drunken; intoxicated.
2. addicted to liquor.

Origin:
1520–30; booze + -y 1


booz⋅i⋅ly, adverb
booz⋅i⋅ness, noun
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booze   (bōōz)   
n.  
    1. Hard liquor.

    2. An alcoholic beverage.

  1. A drinking spree.

intr.v.   boozed, booz·ing, booz·es
To drink alcoholic beverages excessively or chronically.

[Alteration of obsolete bouse, from Middle English bousen, to drink to excess, from Middle Dutch būsen.]
booz'er n., booz'i·ly adv., booz'y adj.
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