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soused

  [soust] ,
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–adjective Slang.
drunk; intoxicated.
Origin:
1540–50, in sense “pickled”; 1605–15 for current sense; souse 1 + -ed 2

souse

1  [sous] verb, soused, sous⋅ing, noun
–verb (used with object)
1. to plunge into water or other liquid; immerse.
2. to drench, as with water.
3. to dash or pour, as water.
4. to steep in pickling brine; pickle.
–verb (used without object)
5. to plunge into water or other liquid.
6. to be soaked or drenched.
7. to be steeping or soaking in something.
–noun
8. an act of sousing.
9. something kept or steeped in pickle, esp. the head, ears, and feet of a pig.
10. a liquid used as a pickle.
11. Slang. a drunkard.
Origin:
1350–1400; 1915–20 for def. 11; (n.) ME sows < MF souce pickled < Gmc (akin to salt 1 ); (v.) ME sousen, deriv. of the n.

Synonyms:
2. soak, wet.

souse

2  [sous] ,verb, soused, sous⋅ing, noun Archaic.
–verb (used without object)
1. to swoop down.
–verb (used with object)
2. to swoop or pounce upon.
–noun Falconry.
3. a rising while in flight.
4. a swooping or pouncing.
Origin:
1480–90; by-form of source in its earlier literal sense “rising”
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souse 1   (sous)   
v.   soused, sous·ing, sous·es

v.   tr.
  1. To plunge into a liquid.
  2. To make soaking wet; drench.
  3. To steep in a mixture, as in pickling.
  4. Slang To make intoxicated.
v.   intr.
To become immersed or soaking wet.
n.  
  1. The act or process of sousing.
    1. Food steeped in pickle, especially pork trimmings.
    2. The liquid used in pickling; brine.
    3. A drunkard.
    4. A period of heavy drinking; a binge.
  3. Slang
    1. A drunkard.
    2. A period of heavy drinking; a binge.

[Middle English sousen, probably from Old French *souser, to pickle, from souz, sous, pickled meat, of Germanic origin; see sal- in Indo-European roots.]
souse 2   (sous)   
v.   soused, sous·ing, sous·es Archaic

v.   tr.
To pounce on; attack.
v.   intr.
To swoop down, as an attacking hawk does.
n.   Obsolete
A swooping motion of attack.

[From Middle English souse, swooping motion, alteration of sours, source, a rising; see source.]
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