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tipsy

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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; tip2 or obsolete tip strong drink (perhaps back formation from tipple1) + -sy. Compare obsolete bumpsy in same sense

Related forms
tip·si·ly, adverb
tip·si·ness, noun
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tipsy (ˈtɪpsɪ)
 
—adj , -sier, -siest
1.  slightly drunk
2.  slightly tilted or tipped; askew
 
[C16: from tip²]
 
'tipsily
 
—adv
 
'tipsiness
 
—n

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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, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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